[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natia Pkhakadze"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8
12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Bg3 Nc7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. f4 Be6 16. h3 c5
17. Qf2 c4 18. Bb1 b5 19. a3 a5 20. f5 Bd7 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Be5 Ra6 26. Qg3
Nd5 27. Be4 Rd8 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rf4 Qc6 30. Rg4 Bxe5
31. dxe5 g6 32. f6 Kh7 33. e6 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qh5 35. e7 Re8
36. Rd4 Raa8 37. Re5 g5 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Rab8 40. Red5
Kg6 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Svetlana Cherednichenko"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. f4 b5
7. a3 Bb7 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. d5 Ng4 11. O-O Nxe3
12. Qxe3 O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qb6 15. Rad1 e6 16. Be2 Rad8
17. Kh1 b4 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Rd6 Qe7 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxa6 Ng4 25. Qb3 Qa7
26. Bc4 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Rd1 28. g3 Ne4+ 29. Kh1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 h5
31. e6 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. exf7+ Kh8 34. Qd3 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Ne3
36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. f8=Q Qxf1+ 38. Kh4 Ng2+ 39. Kg5 Qb5+ 40. Qc5
Qxc5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Barbara Farhat"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Bc4 dxe5 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Be5 Ba6 15. Be6 Qb7 16. Rb1 Qc8
17. Rf2 Bh6 18. Bxh8 Kc7 19. Be5+ Kd8 20. Ne4 Ke8 21. Bxd7+
Qxd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nc5+ Ke8 24. Nxa6 Rd8 25. Rb8 Be3
26. Rf8+ Kxf8 27. Rxd8+ Kf7 28. Bd4 Bg5 29. Bxa7 e5 30. Rd7+
Kf6 31. Rxh7 e4 32. Kg1 e3 33. Kf1 Kf5 34. a4 Kf4 35. Bb6 Ke4
36. Nc7 Bf4 37. a5 c5 38. a6 Kd4 39. a7 Kc3 40. Ke2 Kxc2
41. a8=Q c4 42. Qa2+ Kc3 43. Nd5# 1-0

[Event "Ch World (cadets) (under 12) (g)"]
[Site "Cala Galdana (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4
7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bc5 9.c4 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Qe1 Bf5
13.Qg3 Bg6 14.Rab1 Nb4 15.Rb2 Rab8 16.Re1 Nc6 17.Bf1 Nd8
18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Bxd8 Qxd8 20.Ng5 f6 21.Nf3 fxe5 22.Rxe5 Bd6
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qf2 c5 25.Rb1 Bf4 26.Kh1 Be3 27.Qg3 b6 28.Ne5
Bf5 29.Be2 Rb7 30.Bf3 Re7 31.Bc6 Qh5 32.Bf3 Qe8 33.Bc6 Qh5
34.Bf3 Qg5 35.Bd5+ Kf8 36.Rf1 g6 37.Nc6 Qxg3 38.hxg3 Ke8
39.Nxe7 Kxe7 40.g4 Bd7 41.Rf7+ Kd6 42.Rxh7 g5 43.Bf3 a6 44.g3
Kc7 45.Be4 Kd6 46.Bf3 Kc7 47.Kg2 b5 48.Bd5 Kd8 49.Rh6 a5
50.Rb6 b4 51.Ra6 a4 52.Bc6 Bxg4 53.Bxa4 Bd2 54.Rc6 Ke7 55.Rxc5
Be6 56.Ra5 g4 57.Bb3 Bc3 58.c5 Bd7 59.Ra7 Kd8 60.Bd5 Bc8
61.Rg7 Bd2 62.c6 Bf5 63.Bc4 Bc8 64.c7+ Ke8 65.Rg8+ Kd7 66.Be6+
Kxe6 67.Rxc8 Kd7 68.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Moscow (open)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Leonid Kritz"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nc5 6.Nf3 d4 7.Ne2
Ne6 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Nf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4
Be6 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Rae1 Rfe8 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.c4 Rb8 18.Bg5 Bh3
19.Bf4 Be6 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Bf5 22.Bf4 Rbc8 23.a3 Nd8 24.b4
Ne6 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 b5 27.cxb5 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Cup G.Kasparov"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elmira Mirzoeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6
7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.d3 Be6 10.c4 Qc7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nd7
13.Rb1 Bg4 14.Qd2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Rae8 16.Qf2 b6 17.Rbe1 Bxf4
18.Qxf4 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Nb8 20.a4 c5 21.a5 Na6 22.Bc6 Re6 23.Ba4
Rb8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Re1 Kf7 27.Re5 g6 28.Kf2 Ra8
29.Bc6 Ra7 30.c3 Nb8 31.Bb5 Ra2+ 32.Re2 Ra3 33.d4 Na6 34.d5
Nc7 35.Bc6 Ke7 36.Rb2 Rxc3 37.Rxb6 exd5 38.cxd5 Rd3 39.Ke2 Rd4
40.Ke3 Nxd5+ 41.Bxd5 Rxd5 42.Ke4 Rh5 43.Rb2 Kd6 44.Rd2+ Kc6
45.Rb2 Rd5 46.Rb8 Rd7 47.h4 Rd4+ 48.Ke5 Rd5+ 49.Ke4 Rh5
50.Rc8+ Kb5 51.Rc7 Kc4 52.Rb7 Rxh4 53.Rc7 g5 54.Kf5 gxf4
55.Kg5 Rh1 56.Kxf4 h5 57.Kf3 h4 58.Kg2 Rd1 59.Kf3 Rd5 60.Ke3
Rh5 61.Kf2 Kd4 62.Rd7+ Kc3 63.Rc7 c4 64.Rc8 Kd3 65.Rd8+ Kc2
66.Rc8 c3 67.Rb8 Kc1 68.Rc8 c2 69.Rb8 h3 70.Kg1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Volgograd op"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ksenya Rybenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4
Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 Bc5 11.Bc3 O-O 12.O-O Qe7
13.Re1 Rab8 14.a3 Rfd8 15.b4 Bb6 16.Qd3 c5 17.Nf3 cxb4 18.Bxb4
c5 19.Bd2 Be6 20.Bg5 f6 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Bf4 Rbc8 23.Re2 c4
24.Qd2 Qd7 25.Rae1 Bf7 26.Re7 Qa4 27.Bh6 Qxa3 28.Nh4 Ba5 29.c3
Qxc3 30.Qxc3 Bxc3 31.Rc1 Bd4 32.Nf5 Bb6 33.Bf4 d4 34.Nh6+ Kg7
35.Rxf7+ Kg6 36.g4 d3 37.h4 Rd5 38.h5+ Rxh5 39.gxh5+ Kxh5
40.Rxf6 c3 41.Kg2 d2 42.Rh1# 1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Belov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qa4 Ke7
12. Nc3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. f4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Re8 16. Qc2 Kf8
17. Bd2 Kg8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. b3 Rac8 20. Nd1 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qd4
22. Bc1 Qg4 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Qh4 25. Bf2 Qg5 26. Bg3 Be5
27. Qf2 f5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. c5 Qf6 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. b4 Rc7
32. Bb3 Rcc8 33. Qc2 e4 34. Ba4 Bxa4 35. Qxa4 Red8 36. Qb3 Qe5
37. Rd1 Rc7 38. d6 Rcd7 39. Rd5 Qe6 40. Qc3+ Qf6 41. Qxf6+
Kxf6 42. a4 Ke6 43. Rfd1 Rc8 44. Kg1 b6 45. Kf2 Rc6 46. Ke3 a5
47. cxb6 Rxb6 48. Rxa5 Rxb4 49. Ra6 Rb2 50. g3 Rxh2 51. Ra5
Rg2 52. Ra1 Rxg3+ 53. Ke2 Rd3 54. Ra8 R3xd6 55. Rb8 Ra6
56. Ke3 Rda7 57. Re8+ Kf6 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. Rb8 Ra5 60. Rc1 Rd7
61. Kf4 h6 62. Rc3 g5+ 63. Ke3 Re5 64. Rc6 f4+ 65. Ke2 f3+
66. Ke3 Rd3+ 67. Kf2 e3+ 68. Kg3 e2 69. Rb7+ Kf8 70. Rc8+ Re8
71. Rxe8+ Kxe8 72. Rb8+ Kf7 73. Rb7+ Kg6 74. Rb6+ Kf5 75. Rb5+
Ke4 76. Kf2 g4 77. Rb4+ Rd4 78. Rb1 h5 79. Rh1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "It (open) (juniors)"]
[Site "San Agustin (Spain)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Perez Candelario"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O c5 9. c3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. f4 Nd7 13. Ndf3 a6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Qh5 Nf6
17. Qh3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Qd6 21. Rf4
Rae8 22. Raf1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Re7 24. g4 Rfe8 25. g5 Rxe3
26. Qh5 Re1 27. Bd3 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Narek Seferjan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3
Bh5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Qb3 Qb4
13.Rfd1 O-O 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Qxb3 17.axb3 Bg6
18.Rd7 Bf6 19.Rxb7 a5 20.Rb6 Nb4 21.Bc5 Nc2 22.Ra4 Rfc8 23.Rb5
Bf5 24.Rbxa5 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Bxb2 26.Bc4 Bc3 27.Rb5 h6 28.Bd6 Be6
29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Rb7 Rd8 31.Bc5 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.Bd6 Rf1
34.Rc7 Bb4 35.Be5 Rxf2 36.Kg1 Re2 37.Kf1 Rxe5 38.Nxe5 Ne3+
39.Kf2 Nd5 40.Rc6 Nf4 41.Kf3 Nd5 42.Rxe6 Bc3 43.Ke4 Nf6+
44.Kd3 Ba5 45.Kc4 Bc7 46.b4 Ne4 47.b5 Nd6+ 48.Kc5 Nb7+ 49.Kd5
Nd8 50.Re8+ Kh7 51.Nd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Yangel"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6
8.Qb3 Kh8 9.Rd1 Qe8 10.Bf4 h6 11.h4 Nbd7 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4
fxe4 14.Ne1 Nf6 15.Qe3 Kh7 16.d5 Bf5 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Nc2 Bh3
19.Ne3 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Qh3 21.Qe3 Kg8 22.f3 exf3 23.Qxf3 Ng4
24.Ne3 Rxf4 25.Qxf4 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Rf8 27.Qxf8+ Bxf8 28.Nxg4 Qh3+
29.Kf2 Qxg4 30.b3 Bg7 31.Rac1 Bd4+ 32.Kg2 Be5 33.Rd3 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad (w)"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tea Bosboom-Lanchava"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Qd2 Bg4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. e4 h6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. f4 Nc6
12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf5 Bg6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O h5 16. Be2 Bxf5
17. gxf5 g6 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rdg1 Rhg8 20. c5 Qe6 21. Qc2 d5
22. Qa4 Kb8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Rd1 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Bf3 Nb4
27. a3 Qf5 28. Nxd5 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Ch Russia (w) (1 liga)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo (Russia)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Julia Kochetkova"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. d3 f5
7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. b4 b6
12. Bg5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qe3 h6 16. Bh4 Qd7
17. Nd2 Rae8 18. Rab1 Bf7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nde4 Bh4 21. Rb2
Be6 22. Ne2 Rf7 23. N2g3 Ref8 24. Qe2 Kh7 25. Qh5 Be7 26. Nc3
g6 27. Qe2 Bh4 28. Nce4 Rf4 29. Rfb1 h5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Nxc5
Qc6 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Ne4 R4f5 34. Rf1 Be7 35. a4 Qd7 36. Rb5
Qd4 37. Rd5 1-0

[Event "It (w)"]
[Site "Dresden (Germany)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maia Lomineishvili"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qd3 e5 11. Nd1 O-O
12. Be3 Nd7 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Re8 16. c5 Nf8
17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Qc3 Rd4 19. Nd6 Ne6 20. f4 f6 21. Bc4 Kh8
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rf7 Qd8 24. Raf1 Bd7 25. Qg3 Ng5 26. Qxg5
1-0

[Event "Bled open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O Be7
7. d3 d6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 a5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bd1
Bc6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Ne1 Qb4 17. Qxb4
axb4 18. Bb3 b5 19. f4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 g6 21. Nf3 Ra5 22. Ne2
Nh5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. g4 Ng7 25. Rf2 Be6 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Ra1
Rfa8 28. Nc1 f6 29. Nd2 Nf4 30. Rf3 g5 31. Nc4 R5a6 32. b3 Kg7
33. Rb1 h5 34. Rb2 Rh8 35. Rh2 Rh7 36. Rg3 Ra8 37. h4 hxg4
38. hxg5 Rxh2 39. Kxh2 Rh8+ 40. Kg1 Nh3+ 41. Kf1 Rh4 42. gxf6+
Kxf6 43. Ne2 Ke6 44. Na5 Nf4 45. Nc6 Bc5 46. Na5 Bd6 47. Nc4
Be7 48. Na5 Bg5 49. Nc4 Nh5 50. Rg1 Bf4 51. Kg2 Rh2+ 52. Kf1
g3 53. Rg2 Rh1+ 54. Rg1 Rh3 55. Rg2 Nf6 56. Ng1 Rh1 57. Ke2
Ng4 58. Kf3 Nf2 59. Nb2 Nh3 60. Nxh3 Rxh3 61. Nc4 Rh1 62. Nb6
Rd1 63. Nd5 Rxd3+ 64. Kg4 Rd1 65. Nxf4+ exf4 66. Kxf4 Rf1+
67. Kxg3 Ke5 68. a3 bxa3 69. Ra2 d3 70. Kg2 Rf8 71. Rxa3 d2
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch49(Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[EventDate "1999.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatiana Grabuzova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O
Qe8 8.b3 h6 9.Ba3 g5 10.e3 Na6 11.Qd3 c6 12.Nd2 Qh5 13.f4 Ng4
14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Rae1 Rf7 16.c5 dxc5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Ne5 Rff8
19.dxc5 Rad8 20.Qc4+ Kh7 21.e4 fxe4 22.g4 Qe8 23.fxg5 hxg5
24.Nxe4 Bh6 25.Bc1 Nc7 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5+ Kg7 28.Qc2 Rg8
29.Rxf6 exf6 30.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Port Erin (England)"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Diego Garces"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. b3 h5 5. Bd3 Na6 6. a3 Nh6
7. Ne2 Nc7 8. Nd2 Bf5 9. Nf1 e6 10. Ne3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5
12. Bb2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd4 Qe7 15. a4 b4 16. O-O O-O
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. c3 Na8 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Qa6 Bc5 21. b4 Bxd4
22. Rxc8 Bxe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qc8+ Qe8 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Qc5+
Qe7 27. a5 Bd6 28. Qc6 Nc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. b5 Kg7 31. Qxc4
Ng4 32. h3 Bh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.21"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nh5
12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh7
16. Rxd5 Nxf4 17. Qe4+ Kh8 18. Rxd8 Raxd8 19. g3 Rde8 20. Qc4
Ne6 21. f4 Bb6 22. Ne4 Ncd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Kb1 Ne3 25. Qb5
Nxf4 26. Nd6 Re6 27. Qd7 Ref6 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. a3 Rg4 30. Re1
Rf3 31. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gert-Jan Ludden"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Nd4 Na6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Bb2
g5 13. e3 Qg6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Rbd1 Qh5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ba3 f4
18. Qe2 f3 19. Nxf3 g4 20. Nh2 gxh3 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Bxc5 dxc5
23. e4 Ne8 24. Rd3 Bd4 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4 27. Nxg4 Nd6
28. e5 Nf5 29. Nb5 h5 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Nh2 a4 32. f4 axb3
33. axb3 Ra3 34. Rb1 Ra2 35. Kh1 Rfa8 36. g4 Ra1 37. Rdd1 Rxb1
38. Rxb1 Ne2 39. gxh5 Ra2 40. Nf1 Nxf4 41. Ng3 Nd3 42. Rf1
Nxe5 43. Ne4 Ng4 44. h6 Re2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Georgiev"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Qe2 e5 6. c3 Nge7
7. Qc4 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nb4
12. Qe2 dxc5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bc4 Bg4 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 b5 18. Be2 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. a4 b4
22. Nd1 f5 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Bf3 Rae8 26. Qxb4
Qf4 27. Qc4 Ng3 28. Ne3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Manuel Bosboom"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 O-O
7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qe8 9. O-O Nd7 10. d5 Ndf6 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Qb2 h6 14. Rae1 g5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Rxe4 Rf7
17. Re3 Ng4 18. Re2 Qf8 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. h3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6
22. Nd4 Rh7 23. c5 h5 24. c6 bxc6 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. Ne6 Bxe6
27. Rxe6 Rg7 28. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.25"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Carol-Peter Gouw"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. h4 c5 6. Nb5 O-O
7. c3 Ba5 8. d4 a6 9. Nd6 cxd4 10. Bd3 dxc3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8
12. Kf1 cxb2 13. Bxb2 f6 14. Ng5 fxg5 15. Qh5 Ng8 16. Bxg8+
Kxg8 17. hxg5 Rxf2+ 18. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yochanan Afek"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nb1
e5 13. Nf5 g6 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bf6 Rg8
18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. Bg5 Nb7 21. Nd2 f6 22. Be3 Be7
23. h4 a5 24. Bb5 Kf7 25. h5 g5 26. h6 a4 27. Qd3 axb3
28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. axb3 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxd1
32. Rxd1 Qxg4 33. Ra1 Qc8 34. Nc4 Qe8 35. Ra7 Nd8 36. Nxd6
Bxd6 37. Rg7 Qf7 38. Rxf7+ Nxf7 39. Bb6 Rh8 40. Qg7+ Ke7
41. h7 Rb8 42. Be3 Rh8 43. c4 bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Rc8+ 45. Kd3 Rb8
46. Ke4 Rf8 47. Kf5 Ke8 48. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Clemens Werner"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. f4 e4 11. Bxd5
Qxd5 12. c3 exd3 13. cxb4 Rad8 14. Nc3 Qd4+ 15. Rf2 Nxb4
16. Bd2 Nc2 17. Rc1 a6 18. f5 b5 19. f6 g6 20. Qf3 Rfe8
21. Rcf1 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 c5 25. Re4
Rxe4 26. Nxe4 c4 27. Kf2 h6 28. Ke3 g5 29. Kd2 Kh7 30. g4 Kg6
31. h3 Re8 32. Re1 Re5 33. Re3 b4 34. Re1 Ra5 35. Rc1 Rxa2
36. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 37. Kxd3 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 a5 39. Rc8 a4 40. Rg8+
Kh7 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6
7. Bf4 Nxc5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. h4 d4 10. Ne4 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Qa5+
12. Kf1 b6 13. Qb3 Ba6 14. Rh3 Qb5 15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. Ke2 O-O
17. h5 h6 18. g4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Nb4 21. Ne1 Nd5
22. Bd2 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rf5 25. Rg3 Raf8 26. f3
Re5+ 27. Kf2 Rff5 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Bg5 Nb4 30. Rd1 Nxa2 31. Bd2
Bc6 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Nc2 Rxh5 34. Nxd4 e5 35. Nb5 a5 36. Ke3
Rhf5 37. Nd6 Rxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 39. Ke2 Rh3 40. Nc4 Bxc4
41. dxc4 Nb4 42. Bxb4 axb4 43. Ra6 Rh4 44. b3 Rh3 45. Rxb6
Rxb3 46. Rb5 e4 47. Rb7 Kh7 48. c5 Kg6 49. c6 Rc3 50. Rxb4 Kf5
51. Rb7 Kf6 52. c7 g5 53. Kd2 Rc4 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Rb5+ Kg4
56. Rb7 Kh3 57. Rb5 Kg4 58. Rb7 Kg3 59. Rb5 g4 60. Rb7 Kh3
61. Kf4 g3 62. Rb3 e3+ 63. Kf3 Rxc7 64. Rb6 Rh7 65. Rg6 Kh2
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[EventDate "2000.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dejan Stojanovski"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. f4 b5
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rae1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 gxf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7
17. Qh5 Nde5 18. Rf2 O-O-O 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 Rhg8 21. Ned4
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rdf8 23. Ref1 Qb6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Yu"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O d6 8. a4 b6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 Bb7 11. Qe1 Nbd7 12. Qg3
h5 13. f5 e5 14. Nf3 Rg8 15. Bg5 O-O-O 16. Qe1 Rge8 17. Qe2
Nc5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bc4 Kb8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Ka7 22. b4
Nb7 23. a5 b5 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 d5 26. Bxd5 Rc8 27. Qe3+
Kb8 28. b5 Qc5 29. Qb3 Qc3 30. Qb1 Rc4 31. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. Rfc1 O-O 13. a4 Ne5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Nd1 Bd8 16. b4 Qb8
17. Nf2 Bc7 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Nb3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f4 Nc4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4
26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Nd4 Qb7 28. Qb2 Bd6 29. Re1 h6 30. Kg1 Be7
31. Rd1 Qd7 32. b5 axb5 33. Qxb5 Qg4 34. Rd2 Bc5 35. Qf1 Rd6
36. h3 Qd7 37. Qd1 Bb4 38. Bf2 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Rg6 40. g4 Ba8
41. f5 Rd6 42. Qf4 Qb7 43. Kf1 Rd8 44. Ke1 Qe7+ 45. Kf1 Qa3
46. f6 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "211"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Na6 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Rfe1 Kh8
12. a3 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qb5 14. Qxb5 Rxb5 15. e3 Ne4 16. Rab1
Nxd2 17. Nxd2 c5 18. Bf1 Rb6 19. Bc3 Rb8 20. Rbc1 Bb7 21. Nc4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc5 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Na5 Be4 25. b4 Ne6
26. Be2 Rbc8 27. f3 Ba8 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Ba6 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7
31. Be2 Rb8 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Bd1 g5 34. Bb3 g4 35. f4 Bf3
36. h4 Be4 37. Bd1 Ba8 38. Be2 Be4 39. Rc3 h6 40. Bf1 Bf3
41. Bd3 Ba8 42. Nb3 Bd5 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. exd4 Be4 45. Ba6 Rb6
46. Bf1 Bc6 47. Ke3 e6 48. Bc4 Ke7 49. d5 exd5 50. Bd3 Ke6
51. Kd4 Bb5 52. Bc2 Bc4 53. Re3+ Kf6 54. Ba4 a5 55. bxa5 Ra6
56. Bc2 Rxa5 57. a4 Rc5 58. Ra3 Ra5 59. Ra1 Ke6 60. Re1+ Kf7
61. Rb1 Ke6 62. Rb8 Ba2 63. Rh8 Rc5 64. Rxh6+ Ke7 65. Bxf5
Rc4+ 66. Ke3 d4+ 67. Kf2 Rxa4 68. Bxg4 Bc4 69. Rh7+ Kf6
70. Rh6+ Ke7 71. f5 Ra2+ 72. Kf3 d3 73. f6+ Kf8 74. Bh5 Kg8
75. f7+ Bxf7 76. Bxf7+ Kxf7 77. Rxd6 Ra3 78. Kg4 Ke7 79. Rd4
Ke6 80. h5 Ke5 81. Rd8 Ra4+ 82. Kf3 Kf6 83. Rxd3 Ra5 84. Kg4
Ra4+ 85. Kh3 Ra5 86. Kh4 Ra1 87. Rd6+ Kg7 88. g4 Ra5 89. Rd7+
Kg8 90. h6 Rb5 91. g5 Rb6 92. Kh5 Rb5 93. Re7 Ra5 94. Kg6 Ra6+
95. Kf5 Ra1 96. g6 Rf1+ 97. Ke6 Re1+ 98. Kd7 Rd1+ 99. Kc6 Rc1+
100. Kd5 Rd1+ 101. Kc4 Rc1+ 102. Kd3 Rd1+ 103. Kc2 Rd8
104. Kc3 Kf8 105. Rc7 Kg8 106. Kc4 1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4
Ncd4 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Be4
Rc7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne3 Bb6 24. Rac1 Rhc8 25. Rxc7+ Rxc7 26. g3
h6 27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Rd1 Nb3 29. Bc2 Bxe3 30. Bxb3 g5 31. Ke2
gxf4 32. Kf3 Rc5 33. gxf4 Bc1 34. Rd6 a5 35. Rb6 Bxb2 36. Rb7+
Kf8 37. Bd1 Bc1 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. Bf3 b4 40. Ra7 Ra3 41. Rb7
Bd2 42. f5 exf5 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Bh5 Rxe5 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rd7
Bg5 47. Ra7 Rc5 48. Bd1 Kf8 49. Kg3 Bd8 50. Rh7 Bc7+ 51. Kg2
Bf4 52. Bb3 Bg5 53. h4 Bc1 54. Kf2 Re5 55. Rd7 f4 56. Rf7+ Ke8
57. Rh7 h5 58. Bf7+ Kf8 59. Rxh5 Rxh5 60. Bxh5 a4 61. Bg6 Kg7
62. Bc2 b3 63. axb3 a3 64. Bb1 Kh6 65. Kf3 Kh5 66. b4 Kxh4
67. b5 Kg5 68. b6 Be3 69. b7 Ba7 70. Ke2 Kg4 71. Kd2 Kf3
72. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 9th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7
7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3 Qg5 10.g3 f5 11.O-O Bg7 12.Nd5 O-O
13.exf5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Nd2 Bxf5 16.Rxb7 e6 17.Nf3 Qh5
18.Be2 exd5 19.Nd4 Qg5 20.Nxc6 Bh3 21.f4 Qf6 22.Rf3 Rfe8
23.Rd3 Rac8 24.Nd4 Rc4 25.Nf3 Rce4 26.Bf1 Bg4 27.h3 Bf5
28.Rxd5 Re3 29.Rxd6 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Petr Kiriakov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4
7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Ne7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Nbc6
12. Ne3 h6 13. c3 Be6 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qd6
17. Ra2 Rfd8 18. Rae2 Rc7 19. Qb1 Qf4 20. Nf1 Kf8 21. N1d2 Bf5
22. g3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qf5 24. Qe3 Kg8 25. Nh4 Qf6 26. f4 Na7
27. Ndf3 Nb5 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Ne5 Nef5 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Qd3 g6
32. g4 Nd6 33. Rf1 Nb5 34. g5 Qb6 35. Rc2 Rdc8 36. f5 Nxd4
37. cxd4 Rxc2 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Ng4 Rc1 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Qe3
Qc7 42. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qc1+ 44. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 45. Ke2 hxg5
0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Shcherbakov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Qe8 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 c6 11. e4 fxe4
12. Bxe4 Bf5 13. a4 Qc4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qe1 cxd5 16. Qe6+
Kh8 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Nc6 19. Be3 Rf8 20. Qe6 Bxd4
21. Rac1 Qe2 22. b4 Bf6 23. Qxd5 Nxb4 24. Qxb7 a5 25. Bh6 Rg8
26. Rc8 Qa2 27. Rfc1 Bd4 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valeri Yandemirov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bg6 14. Re1 Rab8 15. a4 b6 16. Nf3 Nd7
17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb5 Ra8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 a6
22. Qe2 b5 23. h4 h6 24. h5 Bh7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Qxb5 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Qd8 29. Qe2 Bf5 30. Bxd5 Qg5 31. f4 Qd8
32. Bg2 Rc1 33. Qf3 Kh7 34. Re2 Qa5 35. g4 Bb1 36. Qe3 Rd1
37. Re1 Qa4 38. Be4+ Bxe4 39. Qxe4+ f5 40. gxf5 Rxe1 41. Qxe1
Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qd3+ 43. Kf2 Qxf5 44. Qe5 Qh3 45. c4 Qd3 46. d5
Qd2+ 47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Qe3 Qd1+ 49. Qe2 Qb3+ 50. Ke4 exd5+
51. cxd5 Kg8 52. Qd2 Qc4+ 53. Kf3 Qf1+ 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Kd4 Ke8
56. Qe3+ Kd8 57. Qe5 Qd1+ 58. Kc5 Qc2+ 59. Kb4 Qd2+ 60. Kb5
Qd3+ 61. Ka5 Qd2+ 62. b4 Kc8 63. Qe8+ Kb7 64. Qe7+ Kb8 65. Kb6
Qd4+ 66. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Nadyrhanov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2
Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ne8 11. a4 Nc7
12. Nc4 Ne6 13. f4 b5 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Qd1 f5 16. c3 Ne6
17. exf5 gxf5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. g4 Kh8 21. gxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Berelowitsch"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. e5 c5 8. dxc5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qxe6 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Rg1
Qd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bc6 20. Rxa6 Rxa6
21. Bxa6 Nd5 22. Bd4 Rf8 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Rf1 Ne4+
26. Ke3 Rxf1 27. Bxf1 Nf6 28. Bh3+ Ke8 29. Be6 Nd5+ 30. Kf2
Kf8 31. Kg3 h6 32. c4 Nc7 33. Bh3 Kf7 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2
Ke6 36. Kf3 Na6 37. Ke4 Nb4 38. Be3 g5 39. Bd2 Nc6 40. Bc3 h5
41. Bd2 g4 42. Bc3 h4 43. Kf4 g3 44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Kxg3 Kd7
46. Kf4 Nd8 47. Ke5 Kc6 48. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgeny Shaposhnikov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7
12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Bd3 e5
17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qf2 dxe5 19. Bb6 Qd6 20. Bxd8 Bxd8 21. Rd1
Qg6 22. Be2 Nf4 23. Bf3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Bb7 25. Rfd1 Bb6 26. Qg3
Bd4 27. Nb1 Bxb2 28. c3 Qb3 29. Qf2 Bxa3 30. Qa7 Bc8 31. Rd8
Ne6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxa6 Rxc3 34. Nxc3 Qxc3 35. Qxb5 g6
36. Bg4 Ng5 37. Qd5 Bf8 38. h4 h5 39. Bd7 Nf3 40. Be8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
a6 13. g4 Rb8 14. Qe2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5
Nxe4 18. Re1 f5 19. Bd3 Bxb2 20. Bxb2 Rxb2 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. Qxe4 Rf7 23. Ra7 Rb4 24. c4 Qf8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7
Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Rxc4 28. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Laurent Simon"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 Rb8
12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Rf7
17. d5 Nc2 18. Rad1 Rxb2 19. Rd2 Rb4 20. Qxa7 Rc4 21. Qa5 Qd7
22. d6 c6 23. Na4 1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3
Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Nge5 11. h4 Bg4
12. f3 Be6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Qd2 g4 16. Qh6 Ng6
17. f4 Bf6 18. f5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nge5 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Nxf6+
Nxf6 22. e5 Ng8 23. Qg7 Kd7 24. Qxf7 Qf8 25. Qe6+ Kc7 26. f6
d5 27. Qxd5 e6 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Nh6 31. Qh7+
Kb8 32. Bd3 Nf7 33. Qg7 Qe8 34. Qxg4 Qh8 35. Qh3 Qg8 36. Bf4
Nd4 37. c3 Nxb3 38. Qxe6 Nc5 39. Qxf7 Qg4+ 40. Be2 1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jacques Bernard"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7
12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O 15. Nce3 Bd7 16. Bd3 f5
17. Qh5 e4 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qh4 Rd8 20. O-O Ne5 21. f4 exf3
22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rf7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Nf4 Rf6 26. Nh5
Rf7 27. Bg6 Nxg6 28. Rxf3 Nf4 29. Rxf4 Bd4+ 30. cxd4 Qe3+
31. Kh1 Qxf4 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nxf4 Rxh8 34. Ng6+ Kf6 35. Nxh8
1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Cherniaev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6
7. c3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Re1 Ba6 12. a4
Rad8 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Qb3
a5 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Nc6 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Nb4 22. Qd1
Nxd5 23. Nh4 Nb4 24. Bxb6 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rb8 26. Bc5 Rfd8
27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. b3 d5 29. Nh4 Rc8 30. Nf3 d4 31. Nd2 d3
32. Nc4 Bc3 33. Rf1 Qd5 34. h4 Re8 35. Qf3 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 d2
37. Ne5 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Nf3 Re1 40. Ne5 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.24"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Claude Landenbergue"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 d6 12. Rc1
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. Be3 Be5 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. g4 Ba8 21. Bd3 Qb8 22. Qe2
Bc6 23. b4 h6 24. f4 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 b5 26. Bf2 bxc4 27. Bxc4
Bb5 28. Rdc1 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 d5 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thorsten Heedt"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nge7
7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Rb1 Nd8 11. b4 Nc8
12. e4 c6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. d4 Bh3 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4
17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Ng7 21. Rfd1
Rad8 22. b5 Nc8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. h3 h5 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Rb8
Ne6 27. Qb2 Nc5 28. e5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Qf8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qg5
Ne6 32. Qf6 Nd6 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxd8+ Nxd8 35. Ne5 Kg7
36. f4 f6 37. Nd3 Ne6 38. g4 h4 39. f5 gxf5 40. c5 Ne4
41. Nxf5+ Kf7 42. Nb4 N6xc5 43. Nxc6 a6 44. Nfd4 Nc3 45. Nb3
Nd3 46. Nb8 Nf4+ 47. Kh2 Ne4 48. Nxa6 Ng5 49. Nd4 Nfxh3
50. Nf5 Nf2 51. Nxh4 Nxg4+ 52. Kg3 Ne3 53. Nc5 Ke7 54. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Luc Bergez"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 Qb7 15. Qa3 Be6 16. Bd3 Bd5
17. Ba6 Qc6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. b4 a5
22. Qd3 Bxa2 23. Qd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bf8 25. Bxf8 h5 26. Bd6+
Kg7 27. Bxe5+ f6 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. Bxf6+ Kf7 30. Re1 Qb8
31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Rc6 Bf7 33. Rcc7 Be6 34. Bg7+ Kg8 35. Bh6 1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Beat Zueger"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. h3 O-O 9. g4 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. f3 Nf8 12. Nge2
b5 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. g5 N6d7 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. e4 b4 17. e5 Bxe5
18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Rec8 20. Qb3 a5 21. Nd4 Qxe5 22. Nf5
Nc4 23. Bc1 Re8 24. h4 Bc6 25. f4 Qc7 26. h5 Ne6 27. Bc2 Rac8
28. g6 Bb5 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Qg3 Na3+ 31. bxa3 Qxc2+ 32. Ka1
Qxf5 33. Bb2 bxa3 34. Be5 f6 35. h6 fxe5 36. hxg7+ Nxg7
37. Rdg1 Re7 38. Qh4 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[EventDate "2001.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5
12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Re8
17. Ne2 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 b5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. g4 Re5 21. h4 Ne8
22. f4 Re7 23. g5 h5 24. f5 f6 25. Qf2 Qb6 26. c3 b4 27. axb4
a5 28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Bc4 Nc7 30. gxf6 Rf7 31. Nb3 axb4 32. Rxd5
Qc6 33. Qd3 Be8 34. Rg1 Qxf6 35. Rd6 Qxh4 36. Rdg6 Kh8 37. f6
Qf4+ 38. Kb1 Bd7 39. Bxf7 Bf5 40. fxg7+ Kh7 41. g8=Q+ Rxg8
42. Bxg8+ Kh8 43. Rh6+ Qxh6 44. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[EventDate "2001.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bd5
Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Nbd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7
17. Qb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Qa2 Bc8 20. Rxe5 Bb7 21. d6 cxd6
22. Rxb5 Bc6 23. Rh5 Ng6 24. Nc4 Bc5 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Qb1 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Rf5 Bxf2+ 29. Bxf2 Qg4+ 30. Bg3 Qxc4 31. Qd3
Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Re2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Rb8 35. Rd2 Ne5
36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Ke4 Rb5 39. c4 Rc5 40. Kd3 Ke7
41. Kc3 f5 42. Kb4 Rc7 43. c5 e4 44. Kb5 e3 45. Re2 f4 46. Kb6
Rc8 47. c6 Kd6 48. Rc2 f3 49. Kb7 Rc7+ 50. Kb6 f2 51. Rc3 f1=Q
0-1

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[EventDate "2001.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5
12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Qg3 Bc7 16. e5 Nd7
17. Re1 g6 18. h4 d4 19. Na2 Ba4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Kb1 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Bc2+ 23. Ka1 Bxd3 24. h5 a5 25. f4 Bf5 26. Qf3 Qd5
27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Nc1 Bb6 29. Nb3 a4 30. Ba5 axb3 31. Bxb6 d3
32. e6 fxe6 33. hxg6 Rg8 34. g4 Bxg4 35. Reg1 d2 0-1

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[EventDate "2001.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ra4 Re8 15. Re1 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Bc2 Qd7 18. Nc3 Ba5 19. Nxe4 Bxf3 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxf3
Bxe1 22. Bh6 Ne7 23. Qxf6 Qg4 24. h3 Rb6 25. Qxe7 Bxf2+
26. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 e5
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qb4 15. Na4 Rfd8 16. a3 Qc4
17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 b6 20. Rd6 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Rad1 Nf7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. f4 Kf7 26. Kf2
Nc6 27. Nc3 Ne7 28. Bb1 Ke6 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Nc6 31. Ba2
Bxa2 32. Nxa2 Bf8 33. b5 Nd8 34. Nc3 Nb7 35. Nd5 f5 36. Nc3
fxe4 37. Nxe4 Be7 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. g4 Ke6 40. Bf2 Na5 41. h4
Nc4 42. h5 Na3 43. Nc3 Bf6 44. Ne4 Nxb5 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Nxf6
Kxf6 47. Ke4 Nc3+ 48. Kd4 Ne2+ 49. Ke4 Nc3+ 50. Kd4 Nb5+
51. Ke4 Nd6+ 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Bh4+ Kd7 54. Bf2 Kc7 55. Bd4 Kd7
56. Bf2 Nc8 57. f5 gxf5 58. gxf5 Ne7+ 59. Ke5 Ng8 60. f6 Ke8
61. Ke6 Nxf6 62. Kxf6 Kd7 63. Ke5 Kc6 64. Kd4 Kb5 65. Kc3 Ka4
66. Kb2 Ka5 67. Kb3 a6 68. Be1+ Kb5 69. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ra4 Re8 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bc2 d5
17. e5 Ne4 18. Nc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qh3 21. f4 Ne7
22. Re3 Qd7 23. Rg3 Ra8 24. f5 Rxa4 25. Bxa4 c6 26. Qg4 g6
27. fxg6 Qxg4 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Rxg4 Ra8 30. Bg5 Rxa4 31. Bxe7
Kxh7 32. Bf6 c5 33. Rg7+ Kh6 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. Rxf7 Rc4
36. Rd7 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rf4 38. Rxd5 Bxf2 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Rd3 Bh4
41. Rd6 Kf5 42. Rd4 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Bxf6 44. Kxf2 Bxe5 45. Rd5
1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cristina Moshina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Kb1
Na5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. Ne5 b4 20. Nxd7 bxc3 21. Nxf6+ gxf6
22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Ke7 24. Rhe1 Rhc8 25. Re4 Rxc3 26. Rh4
Rb8+ 27. Kc1 Ra3 28. Rxh6 Nc6 29. Rf1 f5 30. Bxf5 Rxa2 31. Bd3
Ne5 32. Rhf6 a5 33. g4 a4 34. g5 a3 35. Kd2 Rab2 36. Ra1 R8b3
37. Ke3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elvira Berend"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. f4 Ned7
12. Bf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8
17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nh7 19. Bg1 Nhf8 20. Qe3 Qb8 21. Rc2 Bc6
22. Be2 Qa8 23. Nab1 b5 24. Nd2 b4 25. Ncb1 Nc5 26. Bf3 e5
27. f5 Nfd7 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Re1 a5 30. Rcc1 Bb7 31. Bf2 Bc6
32. g4 Qb7 33. h4 Nh7 34. Nf1 g5 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. Rcd1 Nf6
37. Ng3 Rcd8 38. Nd2 Kh7 39. Nb3 Nxb3 40. axb3 Rg8 41. Ra1 Ra8
42. Qd3 Qe7 43. Red1 Rgd8 44. Kg2 Bf4 45. Bb6 Rd7 46. Nh1 Ne8
47. Nf2 Rb7 48. Be3 Bg5 49. Rh1 Kg7 50. Bxg5 Qxg5 51. Rh5 Qf6
52. Rah1 a4 53. g5 Qd8 54. f6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Ionescu Brandis"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 Ba6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. a4
Rac8 13. Na3 e5 14. f5 d5 15. g4 Rcd8 16. Bg3 f6 17. Nc2 Qc8
18. Ne3 dxe4 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. dxe4 Na5 21. Qa3 Rd3 22. Qa2 c4
23. Bf1 Rd7 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. g5 Qc5 27. Bf2
fxg5 28. Ng4 Qd6 29. Nxg5 Kg8 30. Ne3 Qc6 31. Bg2 Bb7 32. Bf1
Ba6 33. Bg2 Bb7 34. Bf1 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Eva Moser"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bd3
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Bg3 Qb6 11. Nb3 Nbd7
12. Kh1 a5 13. a4 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf2 Qb4
17. Nd4 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. b3 Qa6 21. Nf5 g6
22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Rad1 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. f5 Bg7
27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nd5 Re6 29. Nf4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4
Nxe4 32. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.26"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc5
17. Nd4 d5 18. Qe2 Kf8 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Kg7 23. f5 Rad8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nd4 Kf7 26. Nc6 Rc8
27. Ne5+ fxe5 28. Rhf1+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Bg5 30. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.27"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Bd3 a5 13. Rae1 a4 14. f4 Qa5 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. e5 Nd7
17. Qe3 Nc5 18. Bb1 Ne6 19. Bb6 Qb4 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rxf5 Qxc4
22. Qg3 dxe5 23. Be3 Nf8 24. a3 e6 25. Rh5 Ng6 26. Qh3 Nf4
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rg5 Qd4 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Be4 Qf6 31. Qh5
Ke7 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Rg4 Qd4 34. Re4 Qd3 35. Qc5+ Kd7
36. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Rena Graf"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Nge7 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bc7
12. h3 h6 13. c3 Qd6 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Nbd4 Bd7 16. a4 Rfe8
17. b4 Rac8 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Ne2 Bf5
22. Bc2 Red8 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Bb6 Rd6 25. Bc5 Rg6 26. Kf1 Rd8
27. Nd4 Qg5 28. Qf3 Rf6 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Bxd4 31. cxd4
Rf4 32. Rcd1 Rxg4 33. b5 Nb8 34. Bb6 Rc8 35. Re7 axb5 36. axb5
Rg6 37. Rxb7 Re6 38. Re1 Rd6 39. Bc7 Rd7 40. Rc1 Rdd8 41. Bxd8
Rxc1+ 42. Ke2 Rc8 43. Bb6 1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Almira Skripchenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3
Nh6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Nf7
12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2 Be7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Qe1
Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. Qf2 Rb8 15. Qg3 h5 16. f5 h4 17. Qh3 Ne5
18. Nd4 exf5 19. exf5 Bb7 20. Rac1 Ba8 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. Rfd1
Rc8 23. Nb3 Nxd5 24. cxd5 O-O 25. Bf2 Rxc1 26. Nxc1 Qc8
27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Bxd5 29. Bxh4 Bxh4 30. Qxh4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1
f6 32. b4 Qc3 33. Bxa6 Bxg2+ 34. Kg1 Bf3 35. Qc4+ Qxc4
36. Bxc4+ d5 37. Bxd5+ Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Ra8 39. Rd2 Kh7 40. Kf2
Ra3 41. Ke2 Kh6 42. h4 Kh5 43. Rd6 Kg4 44. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 45. Kd3
Kxf5 46. h5 Kg5 47. Rb7 Kh6 48. Rb5 Rf2 49. Rc5 Rb2 50. Kc3
Rb1 51. Rf5 g6 52. hxg6 Kxg6 53. Rf2 f5 54. Rb2 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Svetlana Prudnikova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O e6
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Corina-Isabela Peptan"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 O-O-O 14. f5 Qc5 15. fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Bd7 11. Kb1 Na5 12. g4
b5 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. h4 g6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nce2 a5
18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 e5 21. Be3 h5 22. Nc1 Be7
23. Ne2 b4 24. Rc1 O-O 25. Rhg1 Be6 26. Ng3 d5 27. Nxh5 d4
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Bf2 Qc4 30. b3 Qc3 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. f4 a4
33. fxe5 d3 34. cxd3 axb3 35. axb3 Ra3 36. Nd5 Rfa8 37. Kc2
Ra2+ 38. Kxc3 Ba3 39. Bb6 Bb2+ 40. Kb4 Rb8 41. Kc5 Bxc1
42. Rxc1 Bxd5 43. exd5 Rc8+ 44. Kb5 Rxc1 45. d6 Rc3 46. d7
Rxd3 47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Bxd8 Kf8 49. Bf6 Ke8 50. e6 fxe6
51. Kc6 Ra6+ 52. Kc7 Ra3 53. h5 gxh5 54. Kd6 Rxb3 55. Kxe6 h4
56. Be5 Re3 57. Kf5 Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Be7 8. Nbd2 Qb6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. e4 h6 11. Be3 Ng4
12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. a3 Nbd7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. O-O O-O
17. b4 Qc7 18. Nb3 Qb8 19. Nfd2 Qa8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 a5
22. f4 Ba6 23. h3 Rb8 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. g4 Nd7 26. Qc2 b4
27. Bxa6 Qxa6 28. a4 Nf6 29. Nb3 Rd7 30. Kh2 Bd8 31. Rg1 Bc7
32. Rcf1 Rf8 33. Rf2 Ne8 34. Kh1 Bd8 35. f5 e5 36. Rd2 exd4
37. Bxd4 Bg5 38. Rh2 Rxd4 39. Nxd4 Be3 40. Nb3 Bxg1 41. Kxg1
Nf6 42. e5 Nd5 43. Qe2 Qa7 44. Rf2 Re8 45. e6 Qc7 46. g5 Qg3+
47. Rg2 Qxb3 48. exf7+ Kxf7 49. Qh5+ Kf8 50. f6 Qe3+ 51. Kh1
Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qe5+ 53. Kh1 Nxf6 54. Qg6 Qf4 55. gxf6 Re1+
56. Rg1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Bd7 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4
b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 b4 17. Nb1 Rc8
18. Rh2 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Nd2 Rc7 21. N4b3 Be7 22. Na5 Bb5
23. Kb1 O-O 24. b3 Ng3 25. Bb6 Rcc8 26. Re1 Bd8 27. Bxd8 Rfxd8
28. Re3 Rc3 29. Re1 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. Kb2 Rd4 32. a3 Rxf4
33. axb4 Rc7 34. c4 Be8 35. Rg2 Nf5 36. h5 Nh4 37. Rg3 hxg5
38. hxg6 Nxg6 39. Rxg5 Rf2 40. Kc3 Kf8 41. Ne4 Rf3+ 42. Kc2 f6
43. Nc5 Bf7 44. Rgg1 e5 45. Nxa6 Rf2+ 46. Kc3 Nf4 47. b5 Rd7
48. Rd1 Rf3+ 49. Kb4 Nd3+ 50. Rxd3 Rdxd3 51. b6 Rd6 52. b7
Rb6+ 53. Kc5 Rfxb3 54. Nxb3 Rxb7 55. Na5 Rb2 56. Nb4 Bxc4
57. Nxc4 Rf2 58. Nd5 Kf7 59. Kd6 Rc2 60. Nde3 Rc3 61. Kd7 Kf8
62. Ke6 f5 63. Kxf5 Ke8 64. Kxe5 Kd7 65. Rg6 Rc1 66. Kd5 Ke7
67. Ne5 Kd8 68. Kd6 Kc8 69. Rg7 Rh1 70. Rc7+ Kd8 71. Rg7 Kc8
72. Nd5 Rh6+ 73. Ng6 Kb8 74. Kc6 Rh1 75. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 e5 11. Rc1 a6
12. Rc2 Nb6 13. Qa1 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bg4 16. Rfc1 Rc8
17. Rxc8 Nxc8 18. Kf1 Nd6 19. Ne1 Qd7 20. Bh1 Rc8 21. Nd3
Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. f4 f6 25. e3 dxe3
26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Nb5 29. Ke2 Nc3+ 30. Kxe3
Nxa2 31. Nd3 b6 32. Nf4 Kf7 33. e5 Nb4 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Kc4 a5
36. Kb5 Bd7+ 37. Kxb6 a4 38. bxa4 Bxa4 39. Ka5 Bc6 40. Kxb4
Bxh1 41. Kc5 g5 42. Nd3 Ke6 43. Kd4 Kf5 44. Nb4 Ke6 45. Na6 h5
46. Nc7+ Kd7 47. Nd5 Ke6 48. Nf6 Bf3 49. Nh7 Kf5 50. e6 Bc6
51. Kc5 Ba4 52. Kd6 h4 53. e7 hxg3 54. hxg3 g4 55. Kc7 Be8
56. Kd8 Bf7 57. e8=Q Bxe8 58. Kxe8 Ke4 59. Nf6+ Kf3 60. Nh5
1-0

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5
12. Be2 Bb4 13. Be5 dxe4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 Qxa2 16. Nxf6+
Ke7 17. c3 Ba3 18. bxa3 Rb8 19. Qa7+ Rb7 20. Rd7+ Rxd7
21. Nxd7 Qxa3+ 22. Kd2 Rd8 23. Bd3 Rxd7 24. Qb8 Qc5 25. Qb4
Qxb4 26. cxb4 a5 27. Ke3 axb4 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. h4 c5 30. g4 f6
31. f4 Rg7 32. g5 fxg5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. h5 e5 35. Rd1 Ke7
36. h6 Rg8 37. Rc1 Kd6 38. Rd1 Rh8 39. h7 Be6 40. Be4+ Ke7
41. Ra1 Kf6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6 g4 45. Bd5 Rxh7
46. Bxe6 Kg5 47. Ra8 b3 48. Rb8 Rh1 49. Bxb3 Rb1 50. Rg8+ Kh4
51. Bd5 Rb4 52. Rh8+ Kg3 53. Rc8 Rb5 54. Ke4 Kf2 55. Rf8+ Kg1
56. Rg8 Kf2 57. Rf8+ Kg1 58. Rg8 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Nbd2 dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Ncd2 Bb7 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 a6
12. Ne4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Qd8 14. Nfd2 O-O 15. Nb3 e5 16. Nec5 Bxc5
17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qg5 19. Qc3 Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Rad8 21. f3
Qe6 22. Kf2 f5 23. Bc2 Kh8 24. Bb3 Qe7 25. Rhd1 e4 26. f4 Bc8
27. Kg1 Kh7 28. a4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. axb5
axb5 32. h3 Qh4 33. Kh2 Qd8 34. Bc2 h5 35. b4 h4 36. Bb3 Qf6
37. Qe1 g5 38. fxg5 Qxg5 39. Qf2 Kh6 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Kf1 Qf6
42. Qd2 Be6 43. Bxe6 Qxe6 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. g3 hxg3+ 46. Kxg3
Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Kh5 48. Qd1+ Kh4 49. Qd8+ Kh5 50. Qd7 Qb2+
51. Kf1 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Qe5+ 54. Kg2 Qb2+ 55. Kf1
Qc1+ 56. Kf2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "young masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 Nc7 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qd2
Nb6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. c3 c4 16. d4 Nd7 17. Ng3 b5
18. a3 a5 19. Bf1 Rb8 20. Kg2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. h4 h6
23. h5 Bh7 24. Be2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb6 26. g5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Bxg5
28. Bxg5 Qb8 29. Be7 Re8 30. Qg5 Kh8 31. h6 g6 32. Nh5 Rxe7
33. Qxe7 gxh5 34. Qxd7 Qg8+ 35. Kh2 Qg5 36. Qxc7 Qf4+ 37. Kg1
Be4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Bh4
Nd7 13. Rb1 a5 14. Nd5 Re8 15. c3 a4 16. Nc1 Qa5 17. Nd3 e6
18. N5b4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Qc7 20. Bf2 a3 21. bxa3 Rxa3 22. Qe2
Rb8 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. Qxd6 Nc5
27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Rxc8
Bxc8 32. a3 f6 33. Be2 Bc5+ 34. Kf1 Bd7 35. Bd3 Kf7 36. Ke2
Ke7 37. h3 Kd6 38. g4 e5 39. f5 Bxb4 40. axb4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6
7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Bd2 O-O-O
12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Nb5 Qxc5 14. Be3 d4 15. Bxc6 dxe3 16. Bxb7+
Kxb7 17. Qa4 exf2+ 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Nd6+ Ka8 20. Qa6 Ne3+
21. Kxf2 Nd1+ 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Xu Yuanyuan"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bxh7 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qa5+
12. Kf1 Nxh7 13. e6 Qb5+ 14. Kg1 fxe6 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qg6+ Kd7
17. Be3 Kc7 18. Kh2 Qc4 19. Rhd1 Qxh4+ 20. Kg1 Qg4 21. Qf7 Rd8
22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Bxa7 Nd7 24. Re1 e5 25. Be3 e6 26. f3 Qb4
27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Qh5 Kc7 29. Ne4 Rg8 30. Qg6 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6
32. Qe8 Qe7 33. Qa8 c5 34. b4 Qh4 35. bxc5 e4 36. Rb1 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe1 Be7 13. f5 Qb6 14. Kb1 Qc5 15. Bd3 h5 16. Ne2 e5
17. h4 a5 18. Ng3 Kd7 19. Be2 Rag8 20. Bf3 a4 21. Nxh5 a3
22. b4 Qc4 23. g4 Bb7 24. Qd2 d5 25. exd5 Rxg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4
27. Rhg1 Qxh5 28. Qd3 Ba6 29. d6 Bd8 30. Rg7 Kc8 31. d7+ Kb8
32. Rdg1 Qxh4 33. Qxa3 Qd4 34. Qxa6 Qxb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nd4 d5 16. Bd3 e5
17. exd5 exd4 18. Bxd4 O-O-O 19. c4 Nc5 20. cxb5 Kb8 21. bxa6
Bxd5 22. Qc3 Nxd3 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Rxd3 Be7 25. Rc3+ Kb8
26. Bxg7 Rhg8 27. Bxh6 Rxg2 28. Bf4+ Ka8 29. Rh2 Rxh2 30. Bxh2
Bxh4 31. Be5 Ka7 32. a4 Be1 33. Rc7+ Kxa6 34. Kc2 Bxf3 35. b4
f5 36. b5+ Kb6 37. Rc4 Rd2+ 38. Kc1 Rd5 39. Bd4+ Kb7 40. Be3
Rd3 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Bg6 15. h4 Be4 16. h5 Qg5
17. Be2 h6 18. Bf3 Bh7 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21. Bb7 Rb8
22. Bd5 Qg5 23. a4 b4 24. Bc4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Kh8 26. O-O f5
27. f4 exf4 28. Nd5 Be5 29. Qf3 Rg8 30. Ra2 Qh4 31. Qf2 Rg3
32. Nxf4 Bxc3 33. Ra3 Rb2 34. Be2 Qg5 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Rcxc3
Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxf4 38. Bf3 Bg8 39. Rc8 Qg7 40. Qe3 Rd4 41. Ra8
f4 42. Qb3 Rc4 43. Qd1 Rd4 44. Qb3 Qg3 45. Qc3 Qg7 46. Rc8 Qe5
47. Kh2 Kg7 48. Qc7+ Kh8 49. Qc3 Kg7 50. Ra8 Bc4 51. Qb2 Qf6
52. Ra7+ Bf7 53. Qc3 Qh4+ 54. Kg1 Qf6 55. Kh2 Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Qf6
57. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5
7. Qd3 a6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e5 h6 11. Bd2 Nh7 12. a4
Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 b4 16. Qb1 c5 17. Bd3 Ng5
18. Nfxg5 hxg5 19. O-O cxd4 20. a6 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bxb4
Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Nxe5 24. Rfd1 d3 25. Rac1 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5
27. Nxg5 Rxa4 28. g3 Rd8 29. Rc5 Nc4 30. Rxd3 Re8 31. Rd4 Ra1+
32. Kg2 Nb6 33. Rc7 f6 34. Re7 Raa8 35. Rxe6 fxg5 36. Rxb6 Ra2
37. Rb3 Kh7 38. Rf3 Re6 39. Rd5 Kh6 40. Rdf5 Kg6 41. h3 Rf6
42. Re5 Rb2 43. Rd5 Ra2 44. g4 Rb2 45. Rff5 Kf7 46. Kg3 Rb3+
47. f3 Ra3 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Ra3 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Rd4 Rxf5
52. gxf5 Ra1 53. f4 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 gxf4 55. Rxf4 Kf6 56. Rc4 Ra6
57. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Xu Yuanyuan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4
12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 c5 16. cxd5 Qxb3
17. axb3 exd5 18. Ba6 cxd4 19. exd4 Bf6 20. Ra4 Bd7 21. Rb4
Bc8 22. Ra1 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Rac8 25. Rxa7 g5
26. Bd6 Rc2 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Bxb8 Bxd4 29. Rd7 Rf2+ 30. Ke1
Rxg2 31. Rxd5 Be3 32. Be5 f5 33. Rd7 h5 34. b4 f4 35. h3 Kf8
36. Bd6+ Kg8 37. Bc5 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Bxe3 fxe3 40. hxg4
Rxg4 41. Rb7 Rg2 42. Re7 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.01"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexandr Lukashok"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. Qd1 Qb6
12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bf2 Qb4 16. O-O Nf4
17. a3 Qa5 18. b4 Qe5 19. Rb3 Bd7 20. Nd5 Ba4 21. Re3 O-O
22. Bd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxc2 24. Bg3 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qb2 26. Nxe7+
Kh8 27. Rde1 Bd4 28. Nf5 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rd2 30. Qf1 Bxe3
31. Nxe3 Qf6 32. Nf5 Rc8 33. Nxd6 Rf8 34. b5 Kh7 35. Nf5 Rfd8
36. Qc4 Bd1 37. Re3 Rc2 38. Qf1 Qa1 39. Re1 Rc1 40. Kg1 Qxa3
41. Qh3 Qf8 42. Bf2 Rc3 43. Nd4 Rd3 44. Ne2 Bxe2 45. Qf5+ Kg8
46. Rxe2 Qa3 47. Kg2 Rd1 48. Rc2 Qd3 49. Rc7 Qb3 50. Rxb7 R1d2
51. Kg3 Qc4 52. Qf6 R2d6 53. Qe7 Qe6 54. Qxe6 Rxe6 55. Bxa7
Rf6 56. Be3 Rd3 57. Kf2 Rb3 58. Rb8+ Kh7 59. b6 Rc6 60. Bd4
Rc2+ 61. Kg3 Rd2 62. Rd8 Rdd3 63. Kg2 Kg6 64. Rd6+ Kh5 65. Rd5
f5 66. exf5 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Isajevsky"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. d3 e5 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 Nf8 12. c5 Bc7
13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. h3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 N6d7 17. f4 exf3
18. Qxf5 fxe2 19. Nxe2 Ng6 20. O-O Ndxe5 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Ng3
Nc4 23. Qf2 f6 24. Ra2 Qd7 25. Nf5 Re6 26. h4 Nge5 27. h5 Rf8
28. Qg3 Kh8 29. h6 gxh6 30. Nxh6 Qe8 31. Raf2 Qh5 32. Rxf6
Rexf6 33. Rxf6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Zimina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. b3 Ne7 8. h3 Bg6 9. c4 Nf5 10. Na3 Be7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Bd3
Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 Nf8 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. Ne3 Ng5 17. Nh2
Nh4 18. c5 Be4 19. Bf1 Bg6 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. g3 Nf5 22. Ng2 Qa5
23. Nf4 b6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bg2 Ng5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. h4 Nf7
28. h5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Qd2 30. Re2 Qg5 31. Qh3 Qg6 32. Nf3 Ng5
33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34. Bf3 Bf8 35. Bg4 g6 36. Bc1 Qe7 37. Bxf5 exf5
38. g4 fxg4 39. Qxg4 Qe6 40. Qh4 Rc7 41. Be3 Rf7 42. Kg2 Qf5
43. Rg1 c5 44. Kh2 Bg7 45. Qg4 Kh7 46. Qxf5 Rxf5 47. Rge1
Bxe5+ 48. dxe5 Rfxe5 49. Rd2 d4 50. Rf1 dxe3 51. fxe3 h5
52. Rf6 R8e6 53. Rxe6 Rxe6 54. Rd3 g5 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Kf3 g4+
57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kh4 Ke4 59. Rd1 Re5 60. Rd6 b5 61. a4 bxa4
62. bxa4 Kxe3 63. Rc6 Kd4 64. a5 c4 65. Rd6+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Gleb Lazhevsky"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nd5 f6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxf6 O-O 11. Bc4+ Kh7
12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Nf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. O-O
fxe4 17. Qd5 Qc6 18. Qe6 d5 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20. Be3 Qf6 21. Qxc7
Nc6 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qd7 Rfd8 24. Qh3 Qe5 25. f4 exf3
26. Rxf3 Nd4 27. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Dushenok"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Qb6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ne5 Nf6
12. f3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Be2 Nh5 15. Nd3 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bf5
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Bd6 19. O-O O-O 20. Kh1 a5 21. Rae1 Rfe8
22. Qf2 Qb5 23. Rd1 Re7 24. e4 f6 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Qh4 Qc4
27. exd5 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Denis Yevseev"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Qh5 Qe7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nf6
12. Qe2 Na6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxa3
17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. O-O Nf6 20. Rb3 Nc7 21. Re1 O-O-O
22. Ne5 Rhf8 23. Qd3 Nb5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf3 e5 26. d5 Qa6
27. c4 Nd6 28. Nd2 cxd5 29. Ra3 Qc6 30. cxd5 Qb6 31. Nc3 Kb8
32. Rea1 a6 33. Na4 Qd4 34. Qe2 Rc8 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Nb5
37. Rb3 Qxa1+ 38. Rb1 Qd4 39. d6 Qxc5 40. Ne4 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shavlegi Shamugia"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Bc7 Qd7 15. Be5 Bb7 16. f4 Rg8
17. Qh3 Rgd8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Nh7 20. Ne4 Qe8 21. f6 Bxf6
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6 Qxe2 24. Rhe1 Bc8 25. Qg3 Qc4 26. b3
Qb4 27. Qe5 Be6 28. Rd4 Qc3 29. Nh5 f6 30. Nxf6 Bf5 31. Re2
Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Bg6 33. Rg4 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 gxf6 35. Re7 Rg8
36. Rh4 h5 37. Re6 Bf7 38. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 39. Kc3 Bg6 40. Kb4 a5+
41. Kc5 Rxc2+ 42. Kb6 Kg7 43. Rd6 Rxa2 44. Rh3 Rb8+ 45. Kc7
Rf8 46. Kxc6 Rf6 47. Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Kxd5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexei Kornev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. b3 Ne7 8. Nh4 Bh7 9. f4 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Bb2
Be7 13. Rf2 O-O 14. Bd3 Be4 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd2
Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. a3 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Qd6
22. Raf1 Ne7 23. h3 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25. Re1 Rc6 26. a4 Nf5
27. Ba3 Rf7 28. Bc5 Ng3 29. Rf3 Nge4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. b4 a5
32. b5 Rcc7 33. Kh2 Rf6 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Re3 Rd7 36. Rxe4 Kf7
37. g4 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Re5 Rc7 41. Kg3 Rcf7
42. d5 exd5 43. Rxd5 Rf4 44. Rxg5+ Kxg5 45. Be3 Kg6 46. Bxf4
Rd7 47. Be3 Rd3 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Bxa7 Rxa4 50. Bb6 Ra3 51. h4
a4 52. h5+ Kf7 53. g5 Rh3 54. Bc7 Ke6 55. b6 a3 56. b7 Rb3
57. h6 a2 58. Be5 Rxb7 59. g6 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Krivonogov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 Nbd7 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Rfd8 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. h3 Bh5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 f6
17. Nd3 Bf7 18. a3 b4 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Ra5
22. a4 Bd6 23. Be3 Rda8 24. Reb1 Rb8 25. Rb2 Bg6 26. c4 Bd3
27. d5 exd5 28. cxd5 c5 29. Rb6 Bc7 30. Rb2 Bd6 31. Rb6 Bc7
32. Rb2 c4 33. Bd2 Ra6 34. d6 Rxd6 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Bf5
37. Bb4 Rd3 38. Rc1 Be6 39. Re1 Rb3 40. Rxe6 Rxb4 41. Bd5 Kf8
42. Rc6 Bxf4 43. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Almira Skripchenko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Qh5 f5 16. Bd3 e4
17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Rd1 Be5 21. Qg5+ Kh8
22. Nfd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rg8 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. g3 a5 26. Qb6 Bh5
27. Rd2 Bf3 28. Rg1 f4 29. Nf6 Bxf6 30. Bxg8 Qg7 31. Bd5 b4
32. Qc6 Qg6 33. Kf1 e3 34. Bxf3 exd2 35. Kg2 bxc3 36. bxc3
fxg3 37. hxg3 Bg5 38. Rh1 Re5 39. Qb7 h6 40. Rb1 Re1 41. Qa8+
Re8 42. Qc6 Rf8 43. Be4 Qf7 44. Qb6 Qe6 45. Qb7 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jennifer Shahade"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4
b5 13. Bd3 Nfd7 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Qg2 Nec4 16. Bc1 b4 17. Nce2
e5 18. Nf5 Be6 19. g5 Na4 20. b3 Na3+ 21. Bxa3 bxa3 22. c4
Bxc4 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Rhd1 Nb2 26. Nc4 Bxc4
27. Bxc4 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 hxg5 29. hxg5 g6 30. f4 exf4 31. e5
Qxe5 32. Qc6+ Kd8 33. Nd4 Rh2 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Qc3 Bg7 36. Qb4
Qe4+ 37. Kc1 Bxd4 38. Qxd6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[EventDate "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jennifer Shahade"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Qh6 Kh8 15. Rg1 Rg8 16. Rg3 Bd7
17. Rh3 Rg7 18. g5 Qd8 19. Nce2 fxg5 20. fxe6 Ng4 21. Qh5 Nf6
22. Qf3 fxe6 23. Qb3 Qc8 24. Rc3 Qg8 25. Ng3 h5 26. Nc6 h4
27. e5 dxe5 28. Nh5 Bxc6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxc6 g4 31. Rxe6
Bg5+ 32. Kb1 Bf4 33. Rdd6 Rd8 34. Qd5 Rxd6 35. Qxd6 e4 36. Qd5
Bxh2 37. Qxe4 Qh7 38. Qc6 Qf5 39. Bd3 Qf3 40. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Ng5 g6 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Rae8
17. Rc1 Ne7 18. Nh3 Nh5 19. Qd2 Bb8 20. Be2 Ng7 21. Bf4 Bxf4
22. Nxf4 Ngf5 23. Rfd1 Nc6 24. g4 Nh4 25. Qe3 Qd8 26. b5 Na5
27. Qg3 Nc4 28. Nd3 g5 29. Nc5 b6 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Ne4 dxe4
32. Rxc4 Rf4 33. Qc3 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Qg7 35. Rc8 Ref8 36. Rxf8+
Rxf8 37. Bxf3 Rxf3 38. Qc8+ Qg8 39. Qc7 Rxf2 40. Qe5+ Qg7
41. Qxe4 Qc7 42. Qe5+ Qxe5 43. dxe5 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O c5 10. d5 Nb6 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. e4 Be7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Bd3 h6 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Qe6 22. b3 Nd5 23. Rdc1 Rc8 24. Rc2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. Rcd2
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 c4 28. bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Ne1 c3
31. Rd1 c2 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Nxc2 Nxc2 34. Kf1 Rd2 35. Rb1 a5
36. g3 Nd4 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Rd8 Kg6 39. a4 Nf3 40. Ra8 Rd5
41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. Ke2 Nxe5 43. f4 Nc4 44. Rc6 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+
46. Ke2 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rc3 48. Rc7 Nd6 49. Ra7 Ke4 50. Rxa5 Rc2+
51. Ke1 Rxh2 52. Re5+ Kf3 53. Rd5 Ne4 54. Rd3+ Kg4 55. Ra3
Nxg3 56. a5 Re2+ 57. Kd1 Re7 58. a6 Ra7 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rd5 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Bd6
Ng6 22. c4 f5 23. Qg3 Rd4 24. Bc5 Rg4 25. Qe3 Qa5 26. Kb1 Rxg2
27. Rg1 Rxh2 28. Bd6 Qb6 29. Qc1 Bf3 30. c5 Qc6 31. Rde1 Bd5
32. Qd1 Rd8 33. Be2 Rd7 34. Rg3 f4 35. Ra3 f3 36. Bxf3 Bxf3
37. Rxf3 Rd8 38. Qb3 Re8 39. Ref1 Qe4+ 40. Ka1 h5 41. a3 Nxe5
42. Re3 Qc4 43. Rfe1 Rc2 44. Bxe5 Rc1+ 45. Ka2 Qxb3+ 46. Kxb3
Rxc5 47. Rg1 Kh8 48. Rg5 Rb5+ 49. Kc4 a6 50. b4 Re7 51. Rxh5+
Kg8 52. Rg5 Rd5 53. Reg3 b5+ 54. Kc3 Rdd7 55. Bd4 Rf7 56. Rc5
Rf1 57. Be5 Kh7 58. Kb3 Rf5 59. Bc3 a5 60. Rg2 a4+ 61. Kc2
Rdf7 62. Re2 g5 63. Bd2 g4 64. Rxe6 g3 65. Rh6+ Kg7 66. Rcc6
Rf3 67. Rhg6+ Kf8 68. Rc3 Ke8 69. Rxg3 R3f5 70. Rgd3 Rb7
71. Rc5 Rf2 72. Rdd5 Rf3 73. Bc1 Rf2+ 74. Kb1 Rh7 75. Rxb5 Rh3
76. Rd2 Rxd2 77. Bxd2 Rxa3 78. Rd5 Ke7 79. Kb2 Rb3+ 80. Ka2
Rh3 81. Rc5 Kd7 82. Bc3 Rh6 83. Ka3 Ra6 84. b5 Ra8 85. Rc4 Rb8
86. Kxa4 Ra8+ 87. Ba5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alisa Galliamova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Qa5
12. Bc4 Be7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. f3 b5 15. Bd2 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5
Nd7 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Kf8 20. f4 Bc5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. f5
exf5 23. Rhf1 Qe6 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Qh3 g6 26. e6 fxe6 27. g4
Nf6 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rde1 Qd7 30. Qh4 Kf7 31. Re5 a5 32. Rd1
Rhe8 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Bxh6 Re4 35. Qh3 a4 36. Bg5 axb3
37. Qxb3 Qe6 38. a3 Be7 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Qc3+
Qe5 42. Qc6+ Kg7 43. c3 Bg5+ 44. Kb1 Qe4+ 45. Ka2 Rxb2+
46. Ka3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Almira Skripchenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2
Re8 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Qd2 Bf8
18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Nf5 Nc7 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. exd5 Bb4
23. Qc1 e4 24. d6 Nd5 25. Nd2 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Qd7 27. Qb1 Nf6
28. Bg5 Qxf5 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Nxe4 Qf4 31. d7 Red8 32. Nc3
Rxd7 33. Re4 Qd6 34. Rde1 Ne7 35. Qc2 Rf8 36. Qb3 Ba5 37. Kf1
Ng6 38. Qa4 Bc7 39. Ne2 b5 40. Qb3 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qg5 42. Qg4 Qd8
43. Qh5 Bb6 44. Rd1 Rd6 45. d5 Qc7 46. Rc1 Qd7 47. Rd1 a5
48. Ng3 Rf6 49. Bf3 Qc7 50. Rde1 Nf4 51. Qg4 Qc2 52. Ne2 Nd3
53. Ra1 Nxf2 54. Rc1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuhua Xu"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 g6
12. d5 Nb8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd2 Bg7
17. Nc4 O-O 18. h4 Nh5 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Bf6 21. Rc7 Bxh4
22. Rac1 Qe8 23. b3 f5 24. e5 Rd8 25. Qxb7 dxe5 26. Bxa6 Rd6
27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Bb5 Qf7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. d6 f4 31. Rc8 Qf8
32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Bc5 exd6 35. Qxd6 Qa8 36. Bc6
Qg8 37. Qxe5+ Nf6 38. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yuhua Xu"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 h6
12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rb8 16. Rb1 Rb4
17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 19. c3 Rb7 20. Qa4 Re2 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Re5 23. Bd3 Ne4 24. Rbc1 g6 25. Ba6 Rb8 26. a3 d4
27. Bd3 Nc3 28. Qxa7 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rxa3 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1
Qd5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Ra5 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qd7 35. Ra8 Kf6 36. Qh8+
Ke7 37. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuhua Xu"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5
7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 h6
12. h3 Kg8 13. b3 Ne6 14. d3 Kh7 15. Ng3 Nd4 16. Bb2 Be6
17. c4 Qd7 18. Re4 Nf5 19. Nf1 Rhd8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Re2 Nb7
22. Ng3 a5 23. a4 Kg8 24. Rd2 h5 25. Ng5 Bh6 26. f4 Bxg5
27. fxg5 hxg4 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 Rh8 30. h6+ Kh7 31. Qf1 Rad8
32. Qf4 Rhf8 33. Rf1 Qc8 34. Qe3 Rd7 35. Ne2 Nd8 36. Nf4 Bf5
37. e6 fxe6 38. Qe5 Rg8 39. Rh2 Rd4 40. Bxd4 cxd4 41. Qxd4 Nf7
42. Qe3 Nxg5 43. Kf2 Nf3 44. Rg2 Rf8 45. d4 g5 46. Nh5 Bg6
47. Ng3 Rf4 48. Ne2 Re4 49. Qc3 Qf8 50. Kg3 Qxh6 51. Kf2 Qf8
52. Kg3 Qb8+ 53. Kf2 Nh4 54. Rg3 Kg8 55. Qd2 Nf3 56. Qc3 Rxe2+
57. Kxe2 Qxg3 58. Qe3 Kg7 59. d5 cxd5 60. cxd5 Qf4 61. Qxf4
gxf4 62. dxe6 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yuhua Xu"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6
17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. Qf2 b4 21. Nd5 a5
22. h4 Rf8 23. Qg3 Bh6 24. Be2 Ra7 25. h5 Raf7 26. Qh3 Rh8
27. Ne3 Qb6 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Re7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qg3
Re5 32. Rdf1 Re7 33. Rhg1 d5 34. Bxd5 Be3 35. Rh1 Rxh1
36. Rxh1 Bd4 37. Qh4 Kf8 38. Rf1+ Ke8 39. Qg4 Qa6 40. Qf3 Qb6
41. Qf8+ Kd7 42. Rd1 a4 43. Bc4 Rxe4 44. Qa8 Qc6 45. Bb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 b5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bxf3
17. gxf3 a6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bh6 Ra7 20. Qg4 Qe8 21. Kf1 Re7
22. f4 Nd7 23. f5 c5 24. Bg5 f6 25. Be3 c4 26. Bc2 g5 27. a4
Nb6 28. Qg2 Kh8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra1 Qc8 31. Ra5 Qe8 32. Ra6
Bc7 33. Qf3 Qc8 34. Ra1 Qe8 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Ra7 Bd8 37. Ra6 b4
38. cxb4 Qb5 39. Ra5 Qxb4 40. Rc5 Qb2 41. Be4 c3 42. Bd5+ Kh8
43. Be6 Qb4 44. Qc6 Kg7 45. Qd6 Nd7 46. Bxd7 Rxe3 47. Be6 Rxe6
48. fxe6 Ba5 49. Qd7+ Kh6 50. e7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 f6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Nd2
Qf4 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bh5+ Ng6 14. f4 O-O 15. Qe2 Ne7 16. Bf3 Nf5
17. O-O-O Rb8 18. Nb3 c5 19. Rd2 Nb4 20. Kb1 b6 21. Rhd1 a5
22. a4 Nc6 23. g4 Nfe7 24. g5 fxg5 25. Qg2 e5 26. fxe5 Bf5+
27. Ka1 Nxe5 28. Qxg5 N7g6 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Nc1
Rbe8 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Rde2 Qd7 34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Qxa4+
36. Na2 Rxe5 37. Qxe5 Bg6 38. Qd6 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Nc3
h5 41. Qxb6 a4 42. Qe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 b5
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Bh3 d5
17. f5 Rc8 18. c3 dxe4 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. fxe6 fxe6
22. Rhf1 Rf8 23. Bg4 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Qa5 25. Qd4 Qxa2 26. Kc2 e3
27. Bh5+ g6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxh7+ Kd6 30. Bxg6 b3+ 31. Kc1
Na4 32. Rd1+ Bd5 33. Rxd5+ exd5 34. Kd1 Qxb2 35. Ke1 Qd2+
36. Kf1 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 Qe7
7. c4 c6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 a5 10. Ba3 Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c5
Qe7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. f4 b6 16. cxb6 Qb4 17. Qc3
Qxb6 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 c5 20. Nf3 Rc7 21. e3 Rac8 22. Qd2
a4 23. Ne5 Be8 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Rab1 Qa7
27. Qd4 Be8 28. Rc2 Qa3 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Qb2 Qa6 31. Bf1 Qa7
32. Qd4 Qa3 33. Qc3 Qa4 34. Qb2 Qe4 35. Re1 g5 36. Bg2 Qa4
37. Rec1 Qa5 38. Qc3 Qa7 39. Qd4 Qa3 40. Qc3 Nb3 41. Qxb3 Qxb3
42. axb3 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44. fxg5 Re2 45. Nf3 Rxe3 46. Nd4
Kf7 47. Bf1 Bd7 48. Kf2 Rc3 49. b4 e5 50. Nf3 Ke6 51. Nh4 e4
52. g6 hxg6 53. Nxg6 d4 54. h4 Rc2+ 55. Ke1 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 e3+
57. Kg1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. e4 c5 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. e5
Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bb1 Nxe5 15. Nxd4 Be7 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Qh5
Ng6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg6 O-O-O 20. Bxf7 Bf6 21. Nxe6 Qe7
22. Bd2 g6 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Qg4+ Kb8 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Qxb4
Qd7 27. Bc4 Qc6 28. Bf1 Bd8 29. Rac1 Qf6 30. Qc3 Qf8 31. Qe5+
Ka8 32. b4 Bb6 33. Rc2 Qd8 34. a5 Ba7 35. Rd2 Qc8 36. Rc1 Qf8
37. b5 Bb8 38. Qc3 Qh6 39. g3 Rc8 40. Qxc8 Bxc8 41. Rxc8 Kb7
42. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5
g6 13. O-O h4 14. Na4 Nh5 15. Rfd1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Qc7
18. Rac1 h3 19. Nb6 Ndf6 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Bf3 hxg2 22. c4 Kf7
23. c5 Bxb3 24. cxd6 Qe6 25. Rc7 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 Kg6 27. Rxe7
Qc4 28. fxe5 Ng3 29. Kxg2 f4 30. exf6 Nf5 31. Bf2 Kxf6 32. Re4
Qg8+ 33. Bg4 Qh7 34. Qf3 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Rc8 36. Rxf4 Rc1+
37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 h6 9. Nf4 Qe8 10. Nf3 g5 11. Nd3 Nbd7
12. Bd2 a5 13. b3 Ne4 14. Nfe5 Bf6 15. Bc1 Be7 16. a3 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 b6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Ba6 20. e4 c5 21. exd5 exd5
22. Qxf5 Kg7 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Rfe1 dxc4 25. bxc4 Rxd4 26. Qc2
Bd6 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. Qb2 Nd7 29. Bc3 Kg8 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Kh1
Bxc4 32. Qxd4 Bb3 33. Re3 a4 34. Rd3 Nc5 35. Qxd6 Qxd3
36. Qxh6 Qf5 37. Qxb6 Qc2 38. h3 Ne6 39. Re1 Qc4 40. Kh2 Kg7
41. Re4 Qd5 42. Re5 Qd7 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Nf2 Qf6 45. Ra5 Rd8
46. Ne4 Qb2 47. Rxg5+ Kf7 48. Qa7+ Ke8 49. Rg8+ Nf8 50. Rg7
Rd7 51. Qb8+ Rd8 52. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5
g6 13. O-O h4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nh5 16. c4 f5 17. Rfd1 f4
18. Bf2 h3 19. c5 dxc5 20. d6 Bh4 21. Bc4 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qg5
23. Rd2 Nhf6 24. Qe1 Kf8 25. Re2 e4 26. fxe4 Ne5 27. Qc3 Nxe4
28. Qc2 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxh2+ 30. Ke1 Nf3+ 31. Kd1 hxg2 32. Qxe4
g1=Q+ 33. Kc2 Nd4+ 34. Nxd4 Qxd4 35. Rf1 Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Qg2+
0-1

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bf1 Rc8 12. h3
Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Ndb5 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. c3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Rcc8 21. Bd2
Nb6 22. b3 Rd7 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Ra2 Bxc3 25. Rc2 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. f4 Nxe4 11. c4 O-O
12. Bd3 Nf6 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8
17. Rf3 f5 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf3 Nd3 21. Ng5 Bxg5
22. fxg5 Nf4 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rh6 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Nf4 26. Rf6+
Ke8 27. Qxg7 Nh3+ 28. Ke1 Qa5+ 29. Ke2 Qb4 30. Qg6+ Ke7
31. Bc5+ Qxc5 32. Qg7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bf1 Bxb3
12. cxb3 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Ne8
17. Bf4 d5 18. e5 Nc7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Bg3 Nxb5 21. axb5 Nd4
22. Qe3 Bf8 23. Ra4 Bc5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rxc5 Nf5 26. Rxc8
Nxe3 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. fxe3 Qc7 29. e4 Qc2 30. exd5 Qxb3
31. Rxa5 exd5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Bf2 Qxb2 34. Rb8 Qxe5 35. Rxb7
h5 36. Rd7 h4 37. b6 g4 38. g3 Qe6 39. b7 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5
12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4
17. Bc1 a5 18. c3 Ndb6 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. f4 exf4
22. Qxf4 Bf6 23. Rh3 O-O 24. g5 Be5 25. Qe4 h5 26. g6 Na4
27. Qc2 Qd7 28. Rf3 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ka1 Qb5 31. Rd2
Kg8 32. Qxg6 Qe8 33. Qc2 Qb5 34. Bh3 Nc5 35. Rf2 a4 36. Qg6
Qe8 37. Bf5 Qxg6 38. Bxg6 a3 39. Rf5 axb2+ 40. Bxb2 Bf6
41. Kb1 Na4 42. Rf2 Bxc3 43. Bc2 Nxb2 44. Kc1 Nd3+ 45. Bxd3
cxd3 46. a4 d2+ 47. Kc2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "194"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5
7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Be6 10. cxd4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qxd4
12. Be3 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Qxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Nb6 Rc7
17. Ba4 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 O-O 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rc2 h6 21. Rhc1 Rd6
22. g4 Rd3 23. Ke2 Rd6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc4 a5 26. R1c2 g5
27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Re6 29. Nc4 Nd7 30. Rxa5 Rb7 31. Rc3 h5
32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 f6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Na5 Rc7 36. Ra6 Nb8
37. Rb6 Re8 38. Nxc6 Nd7 39. Ra6 Rh8 40. Ra7 Rxa7 41. Nxa7 Nf8
42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rc6 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rxb2 45. Kc4 Kf7 46. Rc7+
Ke6 47. Kb4 Nd7 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Nc8 Rf2 50. Nd6+ Ke7 51. Nf5+
Kd8 52. Rc3 Nf8 53. Kb5 Ne6 54. Kb6 Rd2 55. b4 Nd4 56. Ra3 Rb2
57. Nxd4 exd4 58. Kc5 Rd2 59. Kc4 Kc7 60. Rd3 Rc2+ 61. Kxd4
Kd6 62. Ra3 Rb2 63. Ra6+ Ke7 64. Kc4 Rc2+ 65. Kd3 Rb2 66. Rb6
Rb3+ 67. Ke2 Kf7 68. b5 Kg6 69. Rb8 Kg7 70. b6 Kf7 71. b7 Kg7
72. Kd2 Rb6 73. Kc3 Rb1 74. Kc4 Rb2 75. Kd5 Rd2+ 76. Ke6 Rb2
77. Re8 Rb6+ 78. Kf5 Rxb7 79. e5 fxe5 80. Rxe5 Rf7+ 81. Kxg5
Rxf3 82. Re7+ Kf8 83. Ra7 Rc3 84. Kh5 Kg8 85. Rd7 Rc6 86. Kg5
Rb6 87. Kf5 Rc6 88. Re7 Rb6 89. g5 Ra6 90. Kg4 Ra4+ 91. Kh5
Ra6 92. Rc7 Rb6 93. g6 Rb1 94. Kh6 Rh1+ 95. Kg5 Rg1+ 96. Kf6
Rf1+ 97. Ke7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5
12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4
17. Bc1 a5 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. g5 a4 20. Nd2 Ndb6 21. gxh6 gxh6
22. Ne4 a3 23. b3 Nd7 24. Qg2 Nb2 25. Bxb2 axb2 26. c3 Qa5
27. Qxb2 Nb6 28. Bf1 Kd7 29. Qe2 Nc8 30. Bh3+ Kc7 31. c4 bxc4
32. Qxc4+ Kb7 33. Rc1 Ka7 34. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5
7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Bb5 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5
Nb6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nc5 Kc7 19. Bd3 Be3 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc3
f4 22. a4 a5 23. b3 Kd7 24. Bf5+ Ke7 25. g4 h5 26. h4 Bd4
27. Nb5 Bf2 28. g5 Rd8 29. Nc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5+ Rxd5 31. Be4 Rd7
32. g6 fxg6 33. Bxg6 Kf6 34. Bxh5 Rh7 35. Bg4 Rxh4 36. Rxh4
Bxh4 37. Bc8 b6 38. Bb7 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. f4 b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Re1
Ng4 13. Qf3 Qb6+ 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Rxe3 a5
17. Ree1 a4 18. Nd2 Bc5+ 19. Kf1 h4 20. Ne2 f6 21. Nf3 Nc6
22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Bb5 Ra5 24. Bc4 Nd8 25. Nc1 Nf7 26. Nd3 Bd6
27. b3 g5 28. e5 fxe5 29. Nfxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5
Rxe5 32. fxe5 axb3 33. axb3 Rf8+ 34. Kg1 Rf5 35. Bb5 Bd5
36. Re1 Rf4 37. Bd3 Rg4 38. Re2 Kd8 39. Rf2 Kc7 40. Re2 Kb6
41. Rf2 Kc5 42. Rd2 Rf4 43. Bg6 Bc6 44. Bh7 Rd4 45. Re2 Bb5
46. Re1 Rd2 47. h3 Bc6 48. Be4 Bxe4 49. Rxe4 Rxc2 50. g3 Rc3
51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Rxb3 53. Kf2 Rd3 54. Ke2 Rd4 55. Rh8
Kd5 56. h4 b3 57. h5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Rb8 12. f4
Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Rhf1 Qb7 18. Kd2 Bc5 19. e6 O-O 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. exf7+
Qxf7 22. Nc6 Bg4 23. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Qe8+ 25. Kd2 Qxc6
26. Qd4 Qh6+ 27. Kc3 Rd8 28. h4 Qd6 29. Kd2 Qh6+ 30. Ke2 Qg6
31. Kd2 Qxg2+ 32. Kc1 Qe2 33. Kb1 Rd7 34. Rg1 Qe6 35. h5 h6
36. Rg6 Qe2 37. Rxa6 Qxh5 38. a4 Qh1+ 39. Ka2 Qe4 40. Qxe4
dxe4 41. Re6 g5 42. Rxh6 Kf7 43. a5 e3 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Rh3 e2
46. Re3+ Kf5 47. Rxe2 Rd5 48. Ka3 Rxa5+ 49. Kb4 Re5 50. Rf2+
Ke4 51. Kxc4 Ke3 52. Rf1 Ke2 53. Rh1 g4 54. b4 g3 55. b5 g2
56. Rg1 Kf2 57. Rxg2+ Kxg2 58. b6 Kf3 59. b7 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 6. a4 Nc6
7. b3 cxb3 8. Nxb3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 O-O 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nd3 Qc8
17. Qf3 b6 18. f5 Qa6 19. Re6 Rd8 20. Qh5 Qc4 21. Re3 Kh8
22. Rh3 h6 23. Rf2 Ng8 24. Bc1 Rfe8 25. g4 Nb4 26. g5 fxg5
27. f6 Nxd3 28. fxg7+ Kh7 29. Rxd3 Re7 30. Bxg5 Rxg7 31. Rf7
Qxc2 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rh3 hxg5 34. Qh8+ Kf8 35. Rh7 Qd1+
36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Kg1 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxe4 14. Qxg7 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. c4 a5
17. f3 Ba6 18. b3 Ke7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Bd3 e5 21. Rhe1 Kd6
22. Bg3 h5 23. f4 f6 24. Bf5 h4 25. Bf2 Rad8 26. g3 Nc5
27. cxd5 Nxb3+ 28. Kc2 Nd4+ 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. dxc6 Kxc6
31. Re6+ Rd6 32. Be4+ Kc5 33. Rxd6 Kxd6 34. Rxd4+ Kc5 35. Kc3
hxg3 36. Rd5+ Kb6 37. Rd6+ Ka7 38. hxg3 Rc8+ 39. Rc6 Rg8
40. Rxf6 Rxg3+ 41. Kd4 Ra3 42. Rf7+ Kb6 43. Rf6+ Ka7 44. Bc6
Bd3 45. Bb5 Bxb5 46. axb5 Kb7 47. Ra6 a4 48. Ke5 Ra1 49. f5 a3
50. Ke6 a2 51. Kf6 Kb8 52. Rb6+ Kc7 53. Rc6+ Kb7 54. Rc2 Kb6
55. Rb2 Kc7 56. Rg2 Kd7 57. b6 Kc6 58. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5
12. Qd2 b6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Rc8 16. a3 Na6
17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. b4 Ne4 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Qb3 Qd7
22. Nf5 a4 23. Qa2 Bd8 24. Rf4 Ng6 25. Rff1 Ne5 26. Rac1 Re8
27. Qb2 b5 28. c5 dxc5 29. Bxc5 Ne4 30. Qd4 Nxc5 31. bxc5 Bf6
32. Qd2 Qa7 33. Kh1 Red8 34. d6 Qa6 35. Qb4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Nc6
37. Qg4 Ne5 38. Qb4 Nc6 39. Qg4 Ne5 40. Qe4 Re8 41. Qd5 Nd7
42. Bh5 Rf8 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Bxf7 Ne5 45. Be6 Rbd8 46. Nf5 b4
47. axb4 Rb8 48. Nd4 Rxb4 49. Rbd1 Ng6 50. Nc6 Rf4 51. Rg1 Rh4
52. d7 Qe2 53. Rde1 Qf2 54. Rgf1 Qg3 55. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yuri A Meshkov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. e5 e6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. d5 e5 10. a4 f5 11. Ng5 e4 12. Ne6
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qb6 14. Be2 Ngf6 15. axb5 Bb7 16. bxa6 Bxd5
17. Nd4 Ke7 18. Be3 Qb2 19. Nb5 Rhb8 20. Bd4 Rxb5 21. c4 Qb4+
22. c3 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qa4 d5 25. a7 Ne8 26. Kf2 Bd3
27. c4 Bxc4 28. Qa3+ Ke6 29. Rhb1 Nd6 30. Rxb5 Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nazar Firman"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. h4 Bb4 14. e5 Nh7 15. g4 c5 16. g5 d4 17. Qg3
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. gxh6 g6 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh3 cxd4
22. Qa3 Qd8 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Bxd4 Be4 25. c4 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qb7
27. Rb3 Qa8 28. Bb6 Bf5 29. f3 Rc6 30. Qd4 a5 31. c5 a4
32. Rc3 Rcc8 33. Bb5 Qb8 34. Qd6 Qb7 35. Qd7 Qb8 36. Rd6 Qa8
37. c6 Nf6 38. exf6 Qb8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Mirovshchikov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Qe2
Qc7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Nxd2 15. Nfxd2 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7 17. Be4
Rc8 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Be7 20. Rc4 O-O 21. Qc2 Rcd8 22. Ne4
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qa8 24. Nc6 Rde8 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7
27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rh4 f5 30. Rxb4 f6 31. Rb6 Rg8
32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Rb8 34. Rb6 Ra8 35. Rdd6 Rc8 36. g3 f4
37. exf4 Rc2 38. Rxe6 Rd7 39. Re3 Kg7 40. b4 Rdd2 41. Rf3 Rb2
42. f5 h5 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktor Varavin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3
exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Nf8 17. Nbd2
Ne6 18. Be3 c5 19. d5 Nf8 20. Rb1 c4 21. b3 cxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc4
23. Bd4 Nd7 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Nbd2
Rc3 28. Rxb4 Qc7 29. Qb1 Bc8 30. Rb3 Bd7 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qb6
Qa3 1-0

[Event "Manises Magistral m"]
[Site "Manises"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 e5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Nb5
Bb8 14.Bxf6 e4 15.Bh4 exf3 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bf5 Qc6 18.Nc3 fxg2
19.Kxg2 Nxc5 20.dxc5 d4+ 21.Be4 Qh6 22.Bg3 Bh3+ 23.Kg1 Bxf1
24.Rxf1 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Bf4 26.Bxb7 Rae8 27.c6 Bd2 28.Qc5 f5
29.c7 f4 30.c8=Q Rxc8 31.Bxc8 fxg3 32.Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Manises Magistral m"]
[Site "Manises"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nge2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.Bd3 c5
8.Nce2 Nc6 9.f4 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Rc8
13.f5 Rc4 14.Qd3 Qb6 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Rf1 Ne7 17.b3 Rc7 18.Be3
Qb4+ 19.Bd2 Qa3 20.c3 Ng6 21.Qf3 Qb2 22.Ke2 Nxe5 23.Qh5+ Ng6
24.Qg4 Bd6 25.Qa4+ Rc6 26.Rab1 b5 27.Qg4 Qa3 28.Qxe6+ Kd8
29.Qxd5 Re8+ 30.Kf2 Qc5+ 31.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 32.Kf3 Ne5+ 33.Ke2 Ng4+
34.Kd1 Rd6 35.Kc1 Nxh2 36.Bg5+ Kc8 37.b4 Be3+ 38.Bxe3 Rxe3
39.Nf5 g6 40.Nxe3 Rd1+ 41.Nxd1 Ng4 1-0

[Event "Manises Magistral m"]
[Site "Manises"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 e5 11.Bb3 exd4 12.exd4 Nb6
13.Re1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxc7 Bxc7
18.Rac1 Bb6 19.Be7 Re8 20.Bc5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Be6
23.Nd4 Rc8 24.b4 Re8 25.Nb5 a5 26.Nd6 Re7 27.bxa5 Rc7 28.Rb1
g6 29.Nxb7 Bf5 30.Rb6 Bd3 31.c6 d4 32.a6 Rc8 33.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Manises Magistral m"]
[Site "Manises"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nf3
c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.c3 cxd4 10.Nexd4 Nge7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.Rae1 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.f4 g6 16.Nf3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Be7 18.b3
Qb5 19.Qb1 O-O 20.Be3 a5 21.Qb2 a4 22.f5 exf5 23.Bh6 Rfe8
24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Nxe5 26.Bf6 Nd3 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qd2 Nc5
29.Rg1 Ne4 30.bxa4 Qxa4 31.Qd4 Qxd4 32.Bxd4 Ra8 33.Ra1 f6
34.Kg1 f4 35.Kf1 g5 36.Ke2 b5 37.Kd3 Ra4 38.a3 Kf7 39.Rb1 Ra5
40.Rb3 Ke6 41.Bb6 Ra6 42.Rxb5 Rxa3 43.Bd4 Ra2 44.Rb6+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3 a6 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. O-O-O
Na5 13. g4 b4 14. Nce2 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Bb5 16. Ned4 Qc4 17. Kb1
a5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Nb3 a4 22. Na5
Qc7 23. Qa6 Rc8 24. Rd2 Be7 25. Nb7 d5 26. g5 Nd7 27. exd5
exd5 28. Bf4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxd5 Nb6 31. Rdd1 O-O
32. Bd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 f6 34. Nf5 Rc5 35. Nd4 Rd5 36. Nc6 Rxd1+
37. Rxd1 fxg5 38. Nxb4 Rxf3 39. b3 Kf7 40. Nc6 Rf2 41. h3 a3
42. c4 Rb2+ 43. Ka1 Rh2 44. Ne5+ Ke7 45. Nf3 Rxh3 46. Nxg5 Rh5
47. Re1+ Kd7 48. Ne6 g5 49. Nf8+ Kc6 50. Kb1 g4 51. Re6+ Kc5
52. Kc2 Nc8 53. Kd3 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 h5 55. Ng6 h4 56. Re4 Rh2+
57. Kc3 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vesna Sekulovska"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. Nc4 c6
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bc4 Nbd7 15. Qe3 Re8 16. a4
Nc5 17. a5 Ncxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. axb6 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Nd6 22. Bb3 Be6 23. Ra8+ Kh7 24. Bc2+ Bf5 25. Bxf5+
Nxf5 26. Rd8 e4 27. Ne1 e3 28. f3 Re5 29. g4 Nh4 30. Kf1 Rb5
31. b4 Rxb6 32. Ke2 Ra6 33. Kxe3 Ra3 34. Rd3 Ra1 35. Kd2 Ra2+
36. Nc2 f5 37. c4 fxg4 38. fxg4 Ng6 39. Re3 b5 40. c5 Nf4
41. Re4 Nd5 42. Kd3 Rb2 43. Rd4 Rb3+ 44. Kd2 Nf6 45. h4 Rh3
46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Ng8 48. Rd6 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 Ne7 50. Nd4 Rh3+
51. Ke4 Rh4+ 52. Kf3 Rh3+ 53. Kg4 Rd3 54. Nf3 Rb3 55. Ne5
Rxb4+ 56. Kh5 g6+ 57. Nxg6 Nf5 58. Nf8+ Kg8 59. Ne6 Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlasta Macek"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. a3 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. g3 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Be2 d4 16. Na2 Be4
17. Qa4 Qh3 18. Bf1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Pin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Bc7 Qd7 15. Be5 Qb7 16. exd5 cxd5
17. Rd4 Ne8 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Re1 Bd7 20. a3 a5 21. a4 Rb8
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qe7 24. Kb1 Rb7 25. Ra4 Bxe5 26. Qxe5
Qc7 27. Qxc7 Nxc7 28. Rxa5 Rfb8 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Nxb5
31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Re4 Kg8 34. b4 Kf8 35. Kb2 Ke7
36. Kb3 Kd6 37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Rc5 f5 39. Ra5 Rb7 40. Ra2 Kc6
41. Kc4 Rc7 42. b5+ Kd6+ 43. Kb4 Rc1 44. Ka5 Kc7 45. Ka6 Kb8
46. Re2 Kc7 47. Ra2 Kb8 48. Kb6 Rd1 49. Rc2 e5 50. Rc6 Rd2
51. Re6 Kc8 52. Rxe5 Rxf2 53. g3 g5 54. Kc6 Rc2+ 55. Rc5 Rxh2
56. Rxf5 Rc2+ 57. Kb6 Rc3 58. g4 Rg3 59. Rf6 Rxg4 60. Rxh6 Rg1
61. Rh8+ Kd7 62. Kb7 Ke6 63. b6 g4 64. Kc8 Rc1+ 65. Kb8 Kf5
66. b7 Rb1 67. Kc7 Kf4 68. b8=Q Rxb8 69. Rxb8 g3 70. Kd6 g2
71. Rg8 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lilit Mkrtchian"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Ne4 11. c3 Bf5
12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Ng5 Bg6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qe2 f5 16. Bf4 Qh4
17. Be3 Bc7 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 f4 21. Qb5 Re7
22. Bc5 Ree8 23. Bd4 Re7 24. Bc5 Ree8 25. Bd4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7
12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Na5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Qa4 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 b4
22. Rc7 Qe8 23. Bf5 g6 24. Bg4 Rb5 25. Qd3 d5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7
27. Qxb5 d4 28. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Be2 Rb8
12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb6 14. f5 Rb7 15. Bf3 Rc7 16. Be3 Bc5
17. Bh6 O-O 18. Ne4 Ne8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Be3 Rxe5 21. Bxb6
Rxf5 22. b4 Nf6 23. Bc5 Nd5 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rd4 Ke7 26. Re1
Bb7 27. Be4 Re5 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. a4 f5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5+
Bxd5 32. axb5 axb5 33. g3 g5 34. Ra1 f4 35. Ra7 Be4 36. Ra6+
Kd7 37. Ra5 Kc6 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rc5+ Kd6 40. Rxc4 Bd5 41. Rc8
e5 42. b5 e4 43. b6 e3+ 44. Kd3 Bb7 45. Rc7 Ba6+ 46. Kd4 e2
47. Rc1 fxg3 48. hxg3 h5 49. Ke3 h4 50. g4 e1=Q 51. Rxe1 Kc6
52. Kf2 Bc8 53. Rc1+ Kb7 54. Kf3 h3 55. Rc7+ Kb8 56. Kg3 h2
57. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriela Olarasu"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 e5
12. Rfe1 h6 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qg6 Be6 19. Qg3 Ne4 20. Qh4 exd4 21. Qxe4
Bxc4 22. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Margarita Voiska"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. h3 c6 8. a4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Be3 Re8 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5
Bf8 13. g4 h6 14. Ng3 a6 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Kh2 Qd8
18. Rg1 Nh7 19. Be4 Ng5 20. Bh1 e4 21. Rg3 Ne5 22. Bxg5 hxg5
23. Nxe4 Nc4 24. Qd4 Re5 25. b3 Bxd5 26. Nxg5 Bxh1 27. Kxh1
Qxg5 28. f4 Qf6 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qe4 Nd2 31. Qd5 Rd8 32. Qg2
e4 33. Rd1 Nf3 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Qe2 g6 36. Ne3 Qf6 37. Kg2
Nh4+ 38. Kh1 Nf3 39. g5 Qe5 40. Nf1 Bd6 41. Rg4 Nxg5 42. Kg2
Ne6 43. Qxe4 Nf4+ 44. Rxf4 Qxf4 45. Qxf4 Bxf4 46. Kf3 g5
47. Ke4 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. Kd5 Kf8 50. Kc6 b4 51. Kc5 f5
52. Kxb4 g4 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. Kd5 g3 56. Nxg3 Bxg3
57. Kc6 Be1 58. c4 Kd8 59. Kb7 Bb4 60. Kb6 Ba3 61. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad, women"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Nf4 Ne5
17. Be2 g6 18. Rhd1 Ke7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qb8 21. Bb3 Bg7
22. Ne2 a5 23. Bd4 a4 24. Bxa4 Ba6 25. f4 Nc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4
27. Bxg7 Rg8 28. Bb3 Rxg7 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. Nc3 Rg8 31. Qd4
Rc8 32. g4 Qc7 33. Rc1 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. b4 Rc8 36. Kb2
Kd7 37. Na4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe1 e5 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 exf4 19. a4 b4 20. Qe2 Kb7 21. Bd3 Ka7 22. Bxa6
Nxd5 23. Bc4 h6 24. Nh3 f3 25. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Ng6 27. Qh5
Nge7 28. Rf7 Nb6 29. Be3 g5 30. Be6 Bd6 31. Nf2 Qc6 32. a5 Nd7
33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Qg4 Rhd8 35. Rd1 Kb8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Nxe4
Bc7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Bg1 Be5 40. Nxc5 Rd1 41. Rxe7 Bd4
42. Nd7+ Kc8 43. Nb6+ Kb8 44. a6 Rxg1+ 45. Kh2 Bxb6 46. Rb7+
Ka8 47. Rxb6 Rb1 48. Rxb4 Ka7 49. Rd4 Kxa6 50. Rd6+ Kb7
51. Rxh6 Kc7 52. Rh7+ Kc6 53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. Rh3 Rxb2 55. Rd3
Kc6 56. Kh3 Ra2 57. Rd4 Kc5 58. Rd8 Kc6 59. g3 Ra4 60. Rd2 Kc5
61. Rd3 Rb4 62. Rd8 Kc6 63. Rg8 Kd6 64. Rxg5 Ke6 65. Rg4 Rb7
66. Kh4 Kf6 67. Rg8 Rh7+ 68. Kg4 Rh1 69. Rg5 Rg1 70. Ra5 Kg6
71. Ra6+ Kg7 72. Kh4 Rb1 73. Ra5 Kg6 74. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. e4 Bg6
7. f4 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. g4 h6 10. Ngf3 Qb6 11. f5 Bh7 12. fxe6
fxe6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Kd1 c5 15. Re1 Nc6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5
Bg6 18. Nc4 Bh5 19. Nxb6 Bxe2+ 20. Rxe2 axb6 21. c3 Kd7
22. Ne6 Rh7 23. Nf4 d4 24. h4 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bd6 26. Bh3+ Kc7
27. Ne6+ Kb8 28. Bg5 Nd5 29. Rc1 Ra3 30. Rec2 g6 31. Bg2 Nde7
32. Rb1 Ka7 33. Be4 Rf7 34. Rb3 Ra4 35. Rcb2 Ra6 36. Re2 Ra4
37. Reb2 Ra6 38. Bxe7 Rxe7 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. Nd8 b5 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe1 Ra7 13. Bd3 h5 14. Qh4 Be7 15. f5 Qb6 16. Rhe1 Qc5
17. Kb1 e5 18. Be2 Rc7 19. Rd2 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a5
22. b3 Bd8 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Qg3 Kf8 25. Qh4 Ke7 26. g4 Bb6
27. g5 fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kd7 29. Qf6 Rh7 30. Qh4 Rg8 31. Qh3 Rhh8
32. f6+ Kd8 33. Rdd1 Rg4 34. Be2 Rg5 35. Qd3 Kc7 36. c3 bxc3
37. h4 e4 38. Qxe4 Re5 39. Qc2 Rhe8 40. Rd3 Re3 41. Qc1 c2+
42. Kb2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Keith Arkell"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. g3 b4 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bg2 Ba6
12. Qc2 c5 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Bxf6 cxd4 15. Qa4+ Bb5 16. Bxd4
Bxa4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bb5 20. Be4 Bd6 21. Bd3
Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Swiss National Championship"]
[Site "Silvaplana, Switzerland"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Huss"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 d6 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nd2 Qh4
13.f3 Ng5 14.f4 Nh3+ 15.gxh3 Rf6 16.Nf3 Rg6+ 17.Kh1 Qxh3
18.Qe2 Nc5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Bd2 Be4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nf1 f5
18. exf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxd5 20. Ra3 bxa4 21. N1h2 Bb3 22. Rxb3
axb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Nh4 g5 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. h4
Qd7 28. Qxb3 Re8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Qd5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc3
Na2 33. Qa5 Nb4 34. Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qa5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4
37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Nf3 g4 39. Ng5 Re2 40. Be3 Qe7 41. Qa3 Re1+
42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.02"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexei Barsov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. g5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. a4 bxa4 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4+
17. Kf1 Qe7 18. c5 e5 19. Qe4 exd4 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. exd4 h6
22. Rg1 hxg5 23. Rxg5 g6 24. Kg2 a5 25. Bd1 Nf8 26. Rb1 Ra7
27. Bxa4 f6 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Rg4 g5 30. d5 Ng6 31. dxc6 Bc8
32. Rd4+ Kc7 33. Rd6 Nf4+ 34. Kg1 Kb8 35. Rb1+ Ka8 36. Nd4
Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Rc7 38. Rb6 Nf4 39. Nb5 Re7 40. Rd7 Bxd7 41. Nc7+
1-0

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qe2 Qd4 23. Bd2 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. f4 b4
26. Qe3 Qd5 27. g4 a5 28. Bc1 Qd1 29. Qg3 Qe2 30. a3 Qe4+
31. Ka1 Qc4 32. Qe3 Bc5 33. Qd2 Bd4 34. Kb1 bxa3 35. Qxa5 Bxb2
36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Bxb2 Qe4+ 38. Ka2 axb2 39. Qd1 g6 40. Kxb2
Qb4+ 41. Ka2 Qxf4 42. Qe2 Kg7 43. Kb3 Qd4 44. Ka2 Qb4 45. Ka1
Qb3 46. hxg6 Kxg6 47. Qe4+ Kg5 48. Qh7 Qc3+ 49. Ka2 Qxe5
50. Qg8+ Kh4 51. Qxf7 Qe3 52. Qh5+ Kg3 53. Kb2 e5 54. Kc2 e4
55. Kd1 Qg1+ 56. Ke2 Qf2+ 57. Kd1 e3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Glenn Flear"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. bxc3 Be7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rb1 Ra7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Nxc6 Qd5 18. Nxa7 Qxg2 19. Rf1 Qa8 20. Qb3 Qe4+ 21. Be3
Nd5 22. Kd2 f5 23. Kc1 Bd6 24. Bd2 Nf4 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Qc2
Ba3+ 27. Kd2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qe4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kc2 Rxa7
31. Qe2 Qd6 32. Rb3 h6 33. Rfb1 Re7 34. Qf3 Re8 35. c4 Qxd4
36. Rxa3 Qxc4+ 37. Kb2 Qd4+ 38. Rc3 Rd8 39. Rbc1 Qd2+ 40. Kb1
1-0

[Event "Hastings 2002/03"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. Qd2 bxc4
17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. b4 Rb5 20. Ne3 f4 21. Nc2 Rxd5
22. Qxf4 Re5 23. Bxa6 d5 24. Rcd1 f5 25. Bc4 Kh8 26. Rfe1 Qc8
27. Bb3 Ng6 28. Qc1 f4 29. Rxd5 Nh4 30. Qd1 f3 31. Rxe5 Bxe5
32. Rxe4 Rd8 33. Nd4 Bf6 34. g3 Nf5 35. Qxf3 Rxd4 36. Re6 Rd2
37. Rxf6 Nd4 38. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Nbc4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1 Nxb3
17. axb3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rd3 Qd7 21. Nf3 Rfc8
22. e5 Qc7 23. b4 Rc4 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. exd6 Rxc2 26. Nxe7+ Kf8
27. Ne5 Qa4 28. Nxc8 Be6 29. Ra3 Qxb4 30. Kxc2 Bf5+ 31. Kc1
Bxe5 32. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. f3 Be7 12. a4
b4 13. a5 O-O 14. Na4 Bb7 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Kh1 d5
18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Qe4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4
Rd6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Qe5 Ne7 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. h3 g6 27. Re1
Nf5 28. Kh2 Nd4 29. Kh1 Nf5 30. Kh2 Nd4 31. f4 Nc6 32. Qc5 Rd4
33. Ba4 Qxf4+ 34. Kh1 Nd8 35. Qb6 Rd6 36. Qc7 Rd4 37. Qb6 Rd6
38. Qc7 g5 39. Bd7 Qd2 40. Qxd8+ Kg7 41. Re2 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 h6
43. Qb8 Rxd7 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Re4 Qxc2 46. Rxb4 Qc7 47. Qxc7
Rxc7 48. Rb6 Rc2 49. Kg3 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. b4 Rb2 52. Ke3
Ke5 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Kc3 Rxg2 55. Rxa6 Rg3+ 56. Kb2 Kc4 57. Rb6
Rxh3 58. a6 Rh2+ 59. Ka3 Rh1 60. Kb2 Rh2+ 61. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Nb3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qh3 Be7 12. O-O
Nb4 13. Rae1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. Nf2 h6 17. Rc1
Qd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Ng4
O-O 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. b3 Qg5 25. Rcf1 h5 26. Rf4 hxg4 27. Rxg4
Qxe5 28. Rh4 Qg5 29. Rg4 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Qxc5+ 31. d4 Rxd4
32. Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 O-O 16. Bf4
Bc5 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Re2 Rac8 20. Ba2 Rfd8 21. Rae1
Be6 22. Rxe4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Bf8
26. Kf1 f6 27. Rb8 Rd7 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. b3 Bb4 30. Rc8 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Harmen Jonkman"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2
bxc6 7. Nc3 Qg6 8. f4 Ne7 9. Bd3 d5 10. Na4 Bd4 11. e5 Bf5
12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Qe2 h5 14. c3 Bb6 15. b3 d4 16. Qe4 dxc3
17. Nxb6 axb6 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Qc4 Nh4 20. g3 Nf5 21. Qxc3 h4
22. g4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf2 Nd4 24. Qd3 Kb7 25. Rg1 Qe6 26. Bb2 Nf5
27. Qe2 h3 28. Rac1 Rd5 29. Rc2 Rh4 30. Qe4 Nd6 31. Qe3 Qf5
32. Rgc1 Rxf4+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.h4 Re8 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Bc7 Qd7 16.Be5 Bf8 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Rhe1 d4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Be3 Rb8 21.Nb1 Qb7 22.b3 a5 23.f3 a4 24.Bc4 Be6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Qf2 c5 27.Nd2 Qb4 28.Qe2 Nd7 29.Nc4 Nb6 30.Bd2 Qb5 31.Nxb6 Qxb6 32.Qc4 axb3 33.axb3 Rd8 34.Bc3 Rd4 35.Bxd4 cxd4 36.Qc8 Kg8 37.Rd3 Qb4 38.Kd1 Kh7 39.Ke2 Be7 40.h5 Qb5 41.Ra1 Rc6 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Ra8+ Bf8 44.Rc8 Rf6 45.Qh3 Qb7 46.Rc4 Re6 47.Qf5 Be7 48.Kf2 Bg5 49.Rd1 Be3+ 50.Ke2 Bf4 51.Ra1 Re8 52.Kd3 Rd8 53.Ra5 Qb6 54.Rac5 Qa6 55.Rc8 Bg5 56.Rxd8+ Bxd8 57.Qd7 Qa1 58.Qxd8+ Kh7 59.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "266"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4
13. a4 Nb6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Nxa8 16. Nbd2 Nb6 17. Nf1 c4
18. N3h2 g6 19. g4 h5 20. Ng3 h4 21. Ne2 Nh7 22. Bh6 Re8
23. f4 g5 24. fxg5 Nxg5 25. Qd2 Qd8 26. Qe3 f6 27. Bxg5 fxg5
28. Nf1 Nd7 29. Qa7 Nc5 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Ne3 Qd7 32. Qa2 Qc7
33. Qa5 Qd7 34. Qa2 Ra8 35. Qb1 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 Bd8 37. Nf5 Qc7
38. Kg2 Qb6 39. Qf1 Qc7 40. Ng1 Kh7 41. Nf3 Kg6 42. Qc1 Bc8
43. N3xh4+ Kf7 44. Nf3 Bxf5 45. gxf5 Qe7 46. Nh2 g4 47. Nxg4
Qg5 48. Qe3 Qxe3 49. Nxe3 Bg5 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Bd1 Kf7 52. Nc2
Na6 53. Na3 Nc7 54. b3 Bc1 55. Nb1 cxb3 56. Bxb3 Na6 57. Ke2
Kf6 58. Kd1 Bh6 59. Na3 Kg5 60. Nxb5 Bf8 61. Ke2 Kh4 62. Bc4
Nc5 63. Kf3 Kxh3 64. Nc7 Kh4 65. Be2 Kg5 66. Ne8 Be7 67. Ke3
Kh6 68. Bf3 Kg5 69. c4 Bf8 70. Be2 Kh4 71. Bd3 Kg5 72. Bc2 Kh6
73. Bd1 Kh7 74. Bh5 Kh6 75. Bf3 Kg5 76. Bg2 Kh4 77. Nf6 Bg7
78. Ne8 Bh6+ 79. Kf3 Bf8 80. Nf6 Bg7 81. Ne8 Bf8 82. Bf1 Kg5
83. Ke3 Kh4 84. Bd3 Kg5 85. Kd2 Kh6 86. Kc3 Kh7 87. Bc2 Kg8
88. Kb4 Kf7 89. Nc7 Ke7 90. Ka5 Kd7 91. Nb5 Be7 92. Nc3 Bh4
93. Kb6 Bf2 94. Kb5 Be1 95. Nd1 Kc7 96. Ne3 Nd7 97. Ng4 Bh4
98. Nh6 Bg5 99. Nf7 Be3 100. Nh8 Nf6 101. Ng6 Nd7 102. Bd1 Bg5
103. Ba4 Bf6 104. Kb4 Nc5 105. Bc2 Bg5 106. Nh8 Kb6 107. Nf7
Bd2+ 108. Ka3 Kc7 109. Nh8 Nd7 110. Ng6 Nf6 111. Nf8 Kb6
112. Ne6 Be3 113. Kb4 Bd2+ 114. Kb3 Be3 115. Kc3 Bg1 116. Kd3
Kb7 117. Ba4 Kc8 118. Bc6 Bf2 119. Ke2 Bb6 120. Kf3 Ba7
121. Ba4 Bg1 122. Nf8 Kd8 123. Ng6 Bc5 124. Bc2 Bb6 125. Kg3
Bc5 126. Kh4 Be3 127. Nf8 Ke8 128. Ne6 Ke7 129. Bd3 Bf2+
130. Kg5 Be3+ 131. Kg6 Bd2 132. c5 Ne8 133. f6+ Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dennis de Vreugt"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. Qa5 Qc8
17. Bd2 Be7 18. Bb4 Nc5 19. Qa3 e5 20. Be2 O-O 21. Rd2 Ba8
22. g4 Qc6 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Ne6 25. c3 Nc5 26. Bh3 Rc7
27. Na5 Qe8 28. Bf1 Qc8 29. Bd3 Bg5 30. Re2 Qe6 31. Bc2 Rbc8
32. Bb3 Qf6 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Rf1 c4 35. Bc2 Qb6 36. b4 cxb3
37. Nxb3 Rxc3 38. Qa5 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Bg7 15. Qd2 e4 16. Be2 bxc4
17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. b4 Rb5 20. Ne3 f4 21. Nc2 Rxd5
22. Qxf4 Re5 23. Bxa6 Nd5 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. Ne3 Rh5 26. h3 Nf4
27. Bc8 Rg5 28. Ng4 Be5 29. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 dxe5 31. Qe3 f5
32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Qc3 Nxh3 34. Qxe5+ Rg7 35. Qh2 e3 36. Bxf5
Rg1+ 37. Rxg1 Nxf2+ 38. Kg2 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Qb4 c6 12. e5
Nxd5 13. Qh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 f6 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rab1 Bg4 21. Rfd1 Qc7
22. exf6 exf6 23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. Bxb5 Rd8 25. Bc4+ Kh8
26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Be2 Qd6 28. h3 Be6 29. Nd2 f5 30. Bc4 Kg8
31. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. b3 Bg4 8. c4 Nf5 9. Nbd2 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. h3 Bg6 12. g4
Nh6 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Qe2
O-O-O 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 Ng8 20. b5 Nb8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rf3
e5 23. dxe5 Qxc5+ 24. Kg2 fxe5 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. bxc6 Nxc6
27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. fxe5 Rh7 30. Nd3 Rb8 31. Ba3
Rb6 32. Qxa7 Qh4 33. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John van der Wiel"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 Nd7 16. b3 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Qc3 Nf6 21. Be5 b4
22. Qb2 exf5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxd5 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bxa6 Bd6 28. Re1 Be5 29. Bd3 Rg8 30. Re2 f4
31. a3 Kc7 32. axb4 Bc3 33. Re4 Kb6 34. b5 Ra8 35. Ra4 Rxa4
36. bxa4 Ka5 37. b6 Kxa4 38. b7 Be5 39. Bc4 Kb4 40. Bxf7 Kc3
41. Bg6 Bc7 42. Ka2 Bd6 43. Bd3 Kb4 44. c4 Be5 45. Kb1 Kc3
46. Bf1 Kb3 47. h5 Bc7 48. Be2 Be5 49. Kc1 Kc3 50. Kd1 Bc7
51. Ke1 Bb8 52. Kf1 Kd4 53. Kg1 Kc5 54. Kh2 Kc6 55. Kh3 f5
56. Bd3 Kxb7 57. Bxf5 Kc6 58. Kg4 Bd6 59. Be6 Kc7 60. Kf5 Kd8
61. Bf7 Kd7 62. Bd5 Kd8 63. Kg6 Bf8 64. c5 Bxc5 65. Kxh6 Ke7
66. Kg7 Bd4+ 67. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 h6
12. Qh3 O-O-O 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. a4
Qb6 17. axb5 Qxd4 18. Be4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. bxa6 Kd7
21. Rd4 Bc6 22. b4 Be7 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. c4 Rhc8 25. Kd1 d5
26. b5 Bc5 27. bxc6+ Kc7 28. Qc3 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Kxc6 30. cxd5+
exd5 31. Qxg7 Kb6 32. Qxf7 Kxa6 33. Qe6+ Ka7 34. Qd7+ Ka6
35. Qa4+ Kb6 36. f5 Kc5 37. Qf4 d4 38. Qxh6 Rb1+ 39. Kc2 Rcb8
40. Kd3 R8b3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Ne4 h4 15. c4 a5 16. Bd2 a4
17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Bc3 Ne6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Re1 c5 21. f4 Rh5
22. Re3 Bb7 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. Nc1 Rf5 25. Ne2 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 g5
27. fxg5 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Bxg5 30. g3 hxg3+
31. Kxg3 Rd3+ 32. Kg4 Bd2 33. Bxd2 Rxd2 34. b3 Rxa2 35. bxa4
Rxa4 36. h4 Nd4 37. h5 Nxe2 38. Rxe2 Rxc4+ 39. Kg5 Kf8 40. h6
Kg8 41. e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Nb6 a4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7
17. Nxa4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. O-O O-O 20. Nc3 f5 21. Qb4 Nc5
22. f4 Qg6 23. fxe5 Rab8 24. Qa3 Ra8 25. Qb4 Rab8 26. Qa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "146"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 h5 15. Kf2 h4 16. Kf3 Bxd4
17. Bxd4 Rh5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Ne4 b6 20. b3 Ke7 21. Ng5 Bf5
22. Rd2 a5 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. c4 Rh6 26. Ke3 Bg6
27. Nf3 Nf5+ 28. Ke2 Bh5 29. Rd3 c5 30. Kf1 a4 31. bxa4 Bxf3
32. gxf3 Re6 33. a5 f6 34. exf6 Rxf6 35. Re1+ Kf7 36. Ra3 Nd6
37. Bxh4 Nxc4 38. Bxf6 Nxa3 39. Bc3 Nc4 40. Re2 Nxa5 41. Rg2
g6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Rg7+ Ke6 44. h4 Nc4 45. h5 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5
47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Bb2 c4 50. h6 c3 51. Bc1 Rd8
52. Kf2 f4 53. Rg4 b5 54. Ke2 Kf7 55. h7 Rh8 56. Rh4 Kg6
57. Rg4+ Kxh7 58. Bxf4 Ra8 59. Kd3 Rxa2 60. Bc1 c5 61. Rg5
Nb4+ 62. Ke4 Re2+ 63. Kf5 Nd3 64. Kf6 Nxc1 65. Rxc5 Re3 66. f4
Ne2 67. f5 Nd4 68. Rc7+ Kh6 69. Rc8 Kh5 70. Rc5 b4 71. Kg7
Nxf5+ 72. Rxf5+ Kg4 73. Rc5 b3 0-1

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rfc1 Qh5 26. Bb3 Bg5
27. Qd2 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qf7 29. Qb6 Bxd5 30. Qxa6 Rxc1+
31. Rxc1 Rxa6 32. Rc8+ Qe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 h5 14. Be3 Nh4 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Kf2 h4
17. Rd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Bc5 Bd8 20. a4 b6 21. Ba3 c5
22. a5 Rh5 23. b4 Rf5 24. bxc5 Rxf4+ 25. Ke3 Rf5 26. cxb6 axb6
27. axb6 Rxe5 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. b7 Rb8 30. Bb2 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rbc1 Bd8 26. Bb3 Rab8
27. Rc6 Qf8 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Ra8 30. Rc1 Bc8 31. Bb3 Bd7
32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg - Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maxim V Novikov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 b5
12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Bh5 b4
17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Kb1
Rg7 22. Qxb4 Rb8 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qe2 a5 25. g4 a4 26. Nc1 Qb6
27. b3 Ba6 28. Qe3 fxg4 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Rg3 Rb4 31. Rdg1 Bc8
32. c4 axb3 33. axb3 Bf5+ 34. Kb2 Bf6 35. Rf1 Rg5 36. Bxg4 e4+
37. Ka3 Bxg4 38. Rxf6 Rb8 39. Rxd6 Rg7 40. c5 Bf5 41. Rf6 Ra7+
42. Kb2 Bg6 43. c6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg - Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim V Novikov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Rb8 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 b5 11. Rad1 Ne7
12. e4 Ng6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Nh2 e5 16. d5 Rfd8
17. Qe2 h5 18. Bc1 Qc5 19. Bf3 c6 20. d6 Rxd6 21. Bxh5 Nxh5
22. Qxh5 Rd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Rd1 c5 26. Ng5 Nf8
27. Rxd3 f6 28. Nf3 Bxe4 29. Re3 Bg6 30. Qg4 Qe6 31. Qxe6+
Nxe6 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Kf1 Rd8 34. Ke1 c4 35. Bb2 Nc5 36. Bc3
Nd3+ 37. Kf1 Nc1 38. Ba5 Rc8 39. Re1 Nd3 40. Ra1 c3 41. Nb3 c2
42. Bd2 Rd8 43. f3 Nc5 44. Ke2 Nxb3 45. axb3 Rd3 46. h5 Bh7
47. b4 e4 48. fxe4 Rxg3 49. a4 Bxe4 50. axb5 axb5 51. Ra7+ Ke6
52. h6 gxh6 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. Rb6 Bd3+ 55. Kf2 Rh3 56. Kg2 Rh4
57. Rd6 Be4+ 58. Kf2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "World Open: Open Section"]
[Site "Philadelpha, PA USA"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Denis Strenzwilk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3
e6 7. a3 Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bf6
12. Be3 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. Ra2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Qc1 Rfd8 18. b4 a5 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qc5
22. Rad2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 h6 24. Qd6 Rc8 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd8+
Kh7 27. Rb8 Nxc4 28. Na4 Rc7 29. b6 Rc6 30. Rxb7 Bc2 31. Rc7
Bxa4 32. b7 Rb6 33. Bd3+ f5 34. Bxc4 Bb3 35. Ba6 Bd5 36. f4
Rb2 37. a4 Rb6 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. g4 Kf6 40. Ke3 g5 41. gxf5
gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 exf5 43. Rh7 Rb4+ 44. Ke3 f4+ 45. Kd2 Be4
46. Bb5 Bxb7 47. Rxb7 Rb3 48. h4 f3 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Rxh6 Kf4
51. Rf6+ Kg3 52. h5 Rb2+ 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Bd3 1-0

[Event "World Open: Open Section"]
[Site "Philadelpha, PA USA"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Macon A Shibut"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Bf3 O-O
12. Be3 Bd7 13. d5 e5 14. Qb3 Bg4 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bxg4 Nxg4
17. d6 Bd8 18. Bc5 a6 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. d7 Bxc7
22. dxc8=Q Rxc8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Be3 b5 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rfd1 h6
27. Qc2 e4 28. Bf4 e3 29. fxe3 Qb6 30. Bxc7 Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 1-0

[Event "World Open: Open Section"]
[Site "Philadelpha, PA USA"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick A Adams"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O Nxg3
12. Nxg3 Be7 13. Rad1 f5 14. f3 O-O 15. e4 f4 16. Nge2 Nb6
17. b3 Qd7 18. a4 a5 19. g3 g5 20. Kg2 Rf7 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rc1 Ba3 24. Rc2 Re8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5
fxg3 27. Nxg3 Re3 28. Rb1 Rexf3 29. Re1 Rxb3 30. Rc8+ Bf8
31. Re5 h6 32. Rxd5 Rb2+ 33. Kh3 Rf4 34. Nf5 Rbf2 35. Nxh6+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Open: Open Section"]
[Site "Philadelpha, PA USA"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "David A Zimbeck"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 a6 9. O-O h6 10. Bg3 b5 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Ne2
g5 13. c3 Ne7 14. Nfd4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. f4 Be6 17. a4 b4
18. Bf2 bxc3 19. b4 Ba7 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5
Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qb6+ 24. Kf1 Nh4 25. Qd3 O-O 26. Nxc3 Rfd8
27. g3 d4 28. Ne4 Ng6 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. e6 Qc6 31. Nd7+ Rxd7
32. exd7 1-0

[Event "World Open: Open Section"]
[Site "Philadelpha, PA USA"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qd2 h6 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 exf4
12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Rf1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bf4 Nb6
17. b3 Bh4 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Nb5 fxe4
22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qe2 dxc4 24. bxc4 Qe8 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. c3 Bf6
27. Nd6 Be7 28. Rfe1 Rxf4 29. Rxe7 Raf8 30. h3 Nc8 31. Nxc8
Qxc8 32. Qg6 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kh2 Qb8+ 35. g3 Qf8
36. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Rg8 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. a4 a5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxb5
Rc8 18. exd5 Nf6 19. d6 Bc6 20. Bf3 Rxg3 21. Qd4 Qxd4
22. Bxc6+ Kd8 23. Nxd4 Rd3 24. Rad1 e5 25. d7 Rc7 26. Nf3 Bd6
27. Bb5 Nxd7 28. Bxc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxc4 30. Rxd6 f6 31. b3
Rc3 32. Nd2 Ke7 33. Ra6 Nc5 34. Rxa5 Nxb3 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. Ne4
Rc1+ 37. Kh2 f5 38. Ra6+ Kd5 39. Nf6+ Kd4 40. Rd6+ Kc4 41. Nd7
Re1 42. h5 Nd4 43. a5 e4 44. Nb6+ Kd3 45. Nd5 Nb5 46. Nf4+ Kc4
47. Rxh6 Ra1 48. Rc6+ Kd4 49. h6 1-0

[Event "4th Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6
12. Nf1 f5 13. d4 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 Nf7
17. Ng3 exd4 18. Bf4 d3 19. Ree1 Bd7 20. Bd5 Nfe5 21. Be3
Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. Qd1 d2 25. Re2 Nxf3+
26. Kg2 Rf8 27. Bxd2 Bc6 28. Be3 Qe6 29. Qc1 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "4th Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. Be3 Ne8 12. Bd3
Nb8 13. a3 f5 14. b4 f4 15. Bd2 Na6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Be1 Bd7
18. Be2 g5 19. Nd2 g4 20. f3 h5 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 b6
23. a4 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Bg4 25. a5 Rc8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nb5 Qg5
28. Rdc1 Rf7 29. Bf2 Rb8 30. Kf1 Bf8 31. h3 Nf6 32. hxg4 hxg4
33. Ke2 Rh7 34. Rh1 gxf3+ 35. gxf3 Nh5 36. Rh4 Ng3+ 37. Bxg3
Rxh4 38. Bxh4 Qxh4 39. Qd1 Rb7 40. Qh1 Qxh1 41. Rxh1 Be7
42. Ra1 Rd7 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Rc8 Bd8 45. Rc6 Ke7 46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "4th Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Nce7 5. Ne3 Nf6 6. Nc3
a6 7. a4 d6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. d3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. f4 exf4
12. Rxf4 O-O 13. Rf1 d5 14. exd5 Nexd5 15. Nexd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4
Nc7 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qd4+ 19. Be3 Qxc4 20. Nd6 Qd5
21. Nxb7 Rab8 22. Nxc5 Rxb2 23. Rad1 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxc2
25. Rd7 Ne6 26. Nxa6 Rc4 27. a5 Ra8 28. Ra7 Rxa7 29. Bxa7 Ra4
30. Bb6 Bd4+ 31. Bxd4 Nxd4 32. Rd3 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kf1
Rxa5 35. Rxd4 Rxa6 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Rb4 g5 38. Rb2 h5 39. Rc2
Kg6 40. Rb2 g4 41. g3 h4 42. Re2 Ra1 43. Kg2 Kg5 44. gxh4+
Kxh4 45. Rf2 Ra7 46. Rf5 Rd7 47. Kf2 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Kxd7
17. Bxa5 Nf6 18. a4 Nxd5 19. Bb5+ Ke6 20. Bc4 Rhc8 21. b3 Rc5
22. Bd2 Kf6 23. O-O Nb6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. a5 Rb8
27. a6 Ra7 28. Rfd1 g6 29. Rd5 Rb6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rf1 Kg7
32. Rxf4 f5 33. Rf2 Bf6 34. Ra2 Kh6 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ra4 Bc3
37. Ke2 Be5 38. h3 h5 39. Kd3 Bg3 40. b4 Kh4 41. b5 Bf2
42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Kf3 Rb8 44. Bd3+ Kg5 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4 Kf6
47. gxf5 g5 48. Re4 Rh7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Bc4 g4+ 51. Kxg4 Rbh8
52. Rxc5 Rh4+ 53. Kf3 dxc5 54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "4th Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.22"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bg3 Qe3+
12. Be2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6 14. Bf3 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Bf2 g5
17. fxg5 Nd7 18. Ke2 Nde5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Kf2 Rg8 23. Ne2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. h3 Ke7 26. b3
b5 27. Rd2 Rgg8 28. Rhd1 Rgd8 29. Nf4 Ba8 30. Re1 Rc3 31. Ne2
Rc5 32. c3 Nd7 33. Rd4 Nf6 34. a4 e5 35. Rb4 Bc6 36. axb5 Bxb5
37. c4 Bc6 38. Nc3 Nd7 39. Nd5+ Kf8 40. Nb6 a5 41. Nxd7+ Bxd7
42. Rb6 a4 43. bxa4 Bxa4 44. Be2 Bc6 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Zimina"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. h3 g6
7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Qc2 Rac8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. Nc5 Qa7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qa4
Rc7 22. bxa5 Ra8 23. Rfb1 Ne6 24. Rb6 Nf8 25. Ra6 Qb8 26. Rxa8
Qxa8 27. Rb1 Nd7 28. a6 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Ra7 30. Rb6 Rc7 31. h4
h5 32. Qb4 Rc8 33. Qa4 Rc7 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4
Kg7 37. Qd7 Rh8 38. a7 g5 39. Qxe7 gxh4 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Rb4
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "2.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lilja Gretarsdottir"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5
7. cxd5 Nb4 8. Qb3 c6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Bf5
12. O-O Be7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Bd3 15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. a3 Nd3
17. Red1 g5 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Rxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f6 21. Qc4+ Kh8
22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. d5 Rab8 24. Nd4 Rxb2 25. dxc6 Qb6 26. Rd1 Bc5
27. Ne6 Bxa3 28. Rf1 Rc8 29. Be4 Rd2 30. Qc3 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Bxb2
32. c7 Be5 33. Bb7 Rxc7 34. Nxc7 Bxc7 35. Be4 Bb6 36. Kg2 Kg7
37. h4 g4 38. h5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elena Zaiatz"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8
7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nf1 h6 11. Bh4 g6 12. Ne3
Bg7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bb3 Qc8 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. g3 Bh3 17. Ng2 Na5
18. Bd1 Nf6 19. f4 Bg4 20. Qf2 Be6 21. fxe5 Nh7 22. Bf6 dxe5
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. b4 Nc6 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Ng5 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. d5 Qd8 29. Qc3 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. h4 Ne6 32. Rf2 Qd4
33. Qxd4 Nexd4 34. Nb3 Nf5 35. g4 Nd6 36. a3 Ne5 37. Nd2 Kg7
38. Be2 f5 39. gxf5 Nxf5 40. Nc4 Rad8 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 42. Bg4
Ne3 43. Nxe3 Rxe3 44. Raf1 Re7 45. h5 Rd4 46. Rg2 g5 47. Bf5
Rc4 48. Rg3 c5 49. bxc5 Rxc5 50. Bg6 Rce5 51. Rgf3 Re1
52. Rf7+ Rxf7 53. Rxe1 Rc7 54. Re6 Rc3 55. a4 Rc4 56. a5 Rc5
57. Be4 Rxa5 58. Rg6+ Kf7 59. Rxh6 Re5 60. Bg6+ Kf6 61. Bd3+
Kg7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rxb7 Re7 64. Rb8 Kg7 65. Rb6 Re8 66. h6+
Kh8 67. Rxa6 Rd8 68. Bg6 Rb8 69. Kg2 Rd8 70. Kg3 Rb8 71. Kg4
Rb4+ 72. Kh5 Rb8 73. Ra7 g4 74. Rh7+ Kg8 75. Rg7+ Kh8 76. Be4
Rb5+ 77. Kg6 Rg5+ 78. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "4.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maia Lomineishvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "231"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. Nc3 g6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Rc8
12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nb5 a5 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Nbd4 Ndc5
17. Bb5 Bf6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Nd6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Nce4 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Ne1 Rfe8 24. Nef3 Qa4 25. b5 Qb4 26. Ba1
Nc4 27. Rb1 Qe7 28. Rbc1 Ned6 29. Nd2 Rc5 30. Bc3 Rc7 31. N2b3
Rec8 32. Bb4 Qd7 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Bb1 Qa3 35. h3 Be5 36. Rc2
Qe7 37. Rdc1 Qf6 38. Ba2 Re7 39. Qg4 Rce8 40. Nf3 Bb2 41. Re1
Qd6 42. Nbd2 Nxd2 43. Nxd2 Bg7 44. Rec1 h5 45. Qd1 d4 46. Nc4
Qd5 47. Qf1 dxe3 48. Nxe3 Qg5 49. Rc7 Be5 50. Rxe7 Rxe7
51. Bd5 Bd4 52. Bxb7 Rxb7 53. Qc4 Rd7 54. Nf1 Bc5 55. Re1 Qf6
56. Qe2 Re7 57. Ne3 Qc3 58. Kf1 Re6 59. Kg1 Kg7 60. Kf1 Qe5
61. Kg1 Bd6 62. Kf1 Rf6 63. Qd3 Qf4 64. Qc2 Qh2 65. Qc3 Be5
66. Qd3 Bg3 67. Nd1 h4 68. Qd5 Rf5 69. Qd4+ Be5 70. Qe4 Bg3
71. Re3 Bd6 72. Qd4+ Rf6 73. Rf3 Be5 74. Qg4 Rd6 75. Ne3 Rd8
76. Qxh4 Rd2 77. Nf5+ gxf5 78. Qg5+ Kf8 79. Qxd2 Qh1+ 80. Ke2
Qxg2 81. Qh6+ Ke7 82. Qxb6 f4 83. Qb7+ Kf8 84. Qa8+ Ke7 85. b6
Qg6 86. Qb7+ Kf8 87. Qc8+ Ke7 88. Qb7+ Kf8 89. Rd3 f3+
90. Qxf3 Qxb6 91. Qf5 Bd4 92. Kf1 Qa6 93. Kg2 Bf6 94. Rf3 Kg7
95. h4 Bxh4 96. Qxf7+ Kh6 97. Rh3 Qc6+ 98. Qf3 Qg6+ 99. Kh1
Qb1+ 100. Kh2 Qb4 101. Qf6+ Kh5 102. Qe5+ Kg6 103. Rd3 Bf6
104. Qg3+ Kf7 105. Rd7+ Be7 106. Rd5 Qc4 107. Rf5+ Bf6
108. Qf3 Qh4+ 109. Qh3 Qd4 110. Rf3 Qe5+ 111. Kg2 Qe4
112. Qh5+ Kg7 113. Qf5 Qc6 114. Kg3 Qd6+ 115. Kh3 Kf7
116. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "5.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Kryukova"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5
dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. Nxa7+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+
Kxd7 12. Qb5+ Ke6 13. Qxb7 Bd6 14. Qb3+ Ke7 15. Nc6+ Kd7
16. Nd4 Kc8 17. Qe6+ Kb7 18. g3 Qg5 19. Nf5 Ra6 20. Qb3+ Rb6
21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Qe3 Qf5 23. Qf2 Qh3 24. b3 Rc8 25. c4 d5
26. c5 e3 27. dxe3 Rxc5 28. Ba3 Rc8 29. Qf1 Qe6 30. Qf3 Qh3
31. Bb2 Ne4 32. Qf1 Qh5 33. Qd3 Rbc6 34. Rd1 Nxg3 35. Rg1 Qxh2
36. Qb5+ Ka8 37. Qa5+ Kb7 38. Qb5+ Ka8 39. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "6.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatjana Shumiakina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O
h6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Nb3 N5b6 16. Nxd4 Nxa4
17. Qxa4 O-O 18. Bf1 Nxe5 19. Qb5 Qxd4 20. Qxb7 Ng4 21. Qf3
Bc5 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5
26. Rec2 Bb6 27. Bc4 Rf5 28. Bg3 Ne4 29. Bd3 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Rd5
31. Be4 Rd4 32. Bf3 f5 33. Rd1 Rfd8 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Kf1 Kf7
36. Be2 Rd6 37. Bb5 g5 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Rc8 Bd4 40. Rc7+ Kf6
41. b3 Rd5 42. Be8 Bc3 43. Rd7 Re5+ 44. Kd3 Ra5 45. f4 e5
46. fxe5+ Bxe5 47. Rh7 Rxa2 48. Rxh6+ Ke7 49. Bc6 Bxg3 50. Bd5
a5 51. Rg6 Bf4 52. Re6+ Kd7 53. Rf6 Rd2+ 54. Kc4 Be5 55. Rxf5
Kd6 56. Ba8 g4 57. Rg5 g3 58. Rg6+ Kd7 59. Bf3 Bd6 60. Rg5 a4
61. bxa4 Rc2+ 62. Kb3 Rc3+ 63. Kb2 Re3 64. Rg7+ Ke6 65. Rg6+
Ke7 66. Bd5 Be5+ 67. Kc1 Bf6 68. Rg4 Kd6 69. Bb7 Kc5 70. a5 b3
71. Re4 b2+ 72. Kb1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[EventDate "2003.09.30"]
[Round "7.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetlana Prudnikova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. O-O c5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. a5 Qa7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e3 O-O
17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Ne1 Ng4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ng2 Rd2 21. Rad1
Bxe3 22. Rxd2 Bxd2 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Kf1 Nf3 25. h4 h5 26. Qb4
Rc4 27. Qd6 Rd4 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. axb6 Bxc3 30. Rc1 Bb4 31. b7
Bd6 32. Rc6 Be5 33. Ke2 Rd7 34. Kxf3 Rxb7 35. Rxa6 Bxb2
36. Nf4 g6 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. f4 b4 40. Nc5 Rc7
41. Ra5 Be7 42. Nd3 Rb7 43. Ra1 b3 44. Rb1 Ba3 45. Ne5 b2
46. Nc4 Rb4 47. Kd4 Rb3 48. Nxa3 Rxa3 49. Rxb2 Rxg3 50. Rh2
Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. Rh1 Rg4 53. Rh2 e5 54. Kf3 Rxf4+ 55. Kg3
Kf5 56. Ra2 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 e4 58. Rf2+ Rf4 59. Re2 Rf3+ 60. Kg2
Ke5 0-1

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Naira Agababean"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. h3 Bd6
12. Bc2 O-O 13. Bd2 Qa7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Rac8
17. Bd3 Qa8 18. Nbd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Nb6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Nh5 22. Bd2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Ne1 Qa7 25. b3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4
Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Kf1 g6 30. h4 h5 31. Nf3 a5
32. Qd1 Bc6 33. Rd3 Qc7 34. g3 Bh6 35. Nd4 Be4 36. Nxe6 Bxd3+
37. Qxd3 Qc6 38. Bd5 Qc3 39. Qb5 Rxe6 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Qe8+
Kh7 42. Qxe6 Bg7 43. Kg2 Qe5 44. Qc4 Qf5 45. f3 Qd7 46. f4
Qb7+ 47. Kf2 Qh1 48. Qf7 Kh6 49. Qc4 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 Qd2 51. f5
Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zehra Topel"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. Bd2 a5
7. e3 b5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4
12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Be2 a4 21. Bd4 a3
22. Qf4 b3 23. Rab1 b2 24. Bxb2 axb2 25. Rxb2 Bc6 26. Rbd2 Ra5
27. Qd4 Qg5 28. f3 Nxe5 29. Qb6 Bxf3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bf1 Ra2
32. R1d2 Rxd8 33. Qxd8 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "The World"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.g4 Nb6 12.g5 Nfd7
13.Kb1 Be7 14.h4 O-O 15.h5 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Bd3
Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Qxa6 Qf5 22.Qd3 Qxd3 23.Rxd3
f5 24.Na5 e4 25.fxe4 fxe4 26.Rd4 e3 27.Re4 Rce8 28.Rxe8 Rxe8
29.Re1 Nb6 30.Nb7 Nxd5 31.Nxd6 Re5 32.Nc4 Rxh5 33.Kc1 g5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heather S Richards"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4
7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. b3 Be7
12. Na3 Qc5 13. bxc4 Qa5 14. Nb1 Nxc4 15. d4 O-O 16. Bd3 Nd6
17. Ba3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxd4 19. Qh3 N4f5 20. g4 Nh6 21. Qg3
Rfd8 22. Bc1 Kh8 23. Re5 Qa4 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Nd2 Ne8 26. Nb3
Bd6 27. Bc2 Bxe5 28. Qxe5+ f6 29. Qh5 Qf4 30. Re1 Ng7 31. Qh3
h5 32. Re4 Qg5 33. Nd4 f5 34. Re3 hxg4 35. Qg2 Rd7 36. Nxe6
Nxe6 37. Rxe6 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[EventDate "2004.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Ne2 Bb7
8.Ng3 Nd7 9. Qd2 c5 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.h3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bxe4
dxe4 14.Ng5 cxd4 15.e6 f5 16.Qxb4 Ne5 17.Bf4 Qd5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5
19.Nf7 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Rf8 21.O-O-O d3 22.cxd3 exd3 23.Rhe1 Rc8+
24.Kb1 Rc4 25.Qb6 Rxf7 26.exf7+ Kxf7 27.Re3 Rxa4 28.Rdxd3 Qa2+
29.Kc1 Qc4+ 30.Rc3 Qf1+ 31.Kc2 Be4+ 32.Rxe4 Qxg2+ 33.Kb3 Qxe4
34.Rc7 a5 35.Rxe7+ Kxe7 36.Qc7+ Kf8 37.Qd8+ Qe8 38.Qxe8+ Kxe8
39.Kxa4 g5 40.b4 f4 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.bxa5 Kd7 43.a6 Kc6 0-1

[Event "European Championship"]
[Site "Dresden, Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Qb6 6.Rc1 Bd7
7.Qd2 Nc6 8.e3 e6 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Qe2 Nxd4
13.Qxh5 Qxb2 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Qd2 Ba3 16.Rb1 Qxc3 17.Qxc3 Rxc3
18.Kd2 Rc8 19.Bg3 Nc6 20.Rxb7 Nb4 21.Be5 Nxd3 22.Kxd3 Rh7
23.Rxa7 Bb5+ 24.Kd2 Bc5 25.Rb7 Bb4+ 26.Kd1 Ba4+ 27.Ke2 Rc2+
28.Kf3 g4+ 29.Kg3 Be1 30.Nh3 gxh3 31.Rxe1 hxg2 32.Kxg2 Bc6
33.Rc7 d4+ 34.Kg3 d3 35.Bf6 Bd7 36.Ra7 h5 37.Rb1 Rh6 38.Ra8+
Bc8 39.Bh4 e5 40.e4 Rd6 41.Bg5 d2 42.Rd1 Kd7 43.Ra7+ Kc6
44.Rxf7 Ba6 45.Rf5 Be2 46.Rxd2 Rcxd2 47.Bxd2 Rxd2 48.h3 Kd6
49.f3 Rd3 50.a4 h4+ 51.Kg4 Re3 52.a5 Rxe4+ 53.Kg5 Ra4 54.f4 e4
55.Re5 Bf3 56.Kxh4 Ra3 57.Kg3 Bd1+ 58.Kg2 e3 59.h4 e2 60.Kf2
Rf3+ 61.Ke1 Rxf4 62.Re8 Rxh4 63.a6 Rh1+ 64.Kd2 Rh7 65.Rd8+ Kc6
66.Rc8+ Kb6 67.Re8 Kxa6 68.Re5 Kb6 69.Re8 Kc6 70.Ke1 Kd7
71.Re3 Re7 72.Rd3+ Ke8 73.Rh3 Ba4 74.Rh8+ Kd7 75.Ra8 Bb5
76.Ra7+ Kd6 77.Ra3 Rf7 78.Re3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mariya Sergeyeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 Nxd4
12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. g5 Nc5 14. h4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5
17. Rf4 Qc6 18. Rd1 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. h5 b4 21. Na4 e5
22. Bd2 a5 23. Be3 Be6 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Na4 Rc8
27. Nb6 Rc7 28. h6 d5 29. Na4 d4 30. Bc1 Bf5 31. Qxe5 Qxc2+
0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mariya Sergeyeva"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Kh2
a5 13. b3 a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 Ne6 16. Nde2 Ng5 17. Qd3
Nd7 18. g4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Ne6 20. f4 Nc6 21. Kh1 Ned4 22. Rd1 Kh7
23. Be3 Nxe2 24. Nxe2 Qe7 25. Nd4 Ra2 26. Nb5 f5 27. Rd2 Ra5
28. Re2 Qf7 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rbe1 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Bxa1 32. Re1
Bg7 33. Bf3 fxg4 34. hxg4 Kh8 35. Bd2 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Nd4
37. Nxd4 Bxd4 38. Qh4 Kg7 39. Qd8 Qd7 40. Qh4 Qf7 41. f5 Qf6
42. g5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1 Bg7 15. Rb1 O-O 16. c4 e4
17. Bf1 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rb8 19. b4 Rb5 20. Ne3 f4 21. Bxb5 fxe3
22. Rxe3 axb5 23. Rxe4 Qd7 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rbe1 Be5 26. f4 Bf6
27. R4e2 Rc8 28. Kh1 Qb7 29. Qh3 Kg7 30. Re3 Ng6 31. Re4 Rc3
32. Qh5 Rd3 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Ne7 35. Re3 Qxd5 36. Rg3+
Kf8 37. Rd3 Qe4 38. Rxd6 Qxf4 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd3 Qxb4
41. Rb3 Qc4 42. Qb1 Nd5 43. Rg3+ Kf8 44. h3 Be5 45. Rf3 f6
46. a3 Nf4 47. Qd1 Ke7 48. Qg1 Ne2 49. Qa7+ Ke6 50. Qb6+ Kf7
51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. Qe3 Qc2 53. Qd3+ Qxd3 54. Rxd3 Nc3 55. g4 Kg5
56. Rf3 Ne2 57. Kg2 Nd4 58. Rc3 Kf4 59. Rc8 Bd6 60. a4 b4
61. a5 b3 62. a6 b2 63. a7 b1=Q 64. a8=Q Qb2+ 65. Kh1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5
12. Rae1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. h3 Ne6
17. d5 Nf8 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Ba3 Ng6
22. Nf3 Bg3 23. Re2 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qe4
Rac8 27. Rc2 Qc6 28. Ng5 Be5 29. Qg4 Nf8 30. Qh5 h6 31. Qf7+
Kh8 32. Bxf8 hxg5 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 54th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Svetlana Matveeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2
Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Bd2 Nhf6 10.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Russian Women Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[EventDate "2004.06.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatjana Shumiakina"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Rg1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. O-O-O Nxc3
12. Qxc3 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 g6 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Qe5 Rfe8 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. h3 h5
22. Nd4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ne4 24. Rg2 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 Nxf2 26. Bxg6
Nxg4 27. Bf5 Rc4 28. Bxg4 Rxe3 29. b3 Rcc3 30. Bf5 Re5 31. Bd3
a6 32. Kb2 Rc7 33. Nf5 Rc6 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Rh1 Kg8 36. Rh5
Re1 37. Nd4 Rd6 38. Kc3 Rg1 39. Nf5 d4+ 40. Nxd4 Rg3 41. Rh4
b5 42. Rf4 Rd5 43. Nf3 a5 44. Be4 Rd1 45. Rf5 Ra1 46. Bd5 Rxa2
47. Rxf7 Kh8 48. Kd4 Re2 49. Kc5 b4 50. Nd4 Re5 51. Kd6 Rh5
52. Rf8+ Kh7 53. Be4+ Kg7 54. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dan Gannon"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. f3 c5
12. e4 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Na2 1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 Bd7 10. Be3 h5 11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ne2
Bc6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bg5 Ra8 21. f4 Qb6 22. c3 Ng8
23. f5 e5 24. Nc2 a5 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Bc2 Nf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander J Chua"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be2
Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. c4 Nd7 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 e5
12. Bh6 Bg6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Qa4 Bc5 16. Bb5 Bxf2+
17. Kh1 Bxe1 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 19. Nxe1 Qxb2 20. d6+ Kxd6 21. Rd1+
Ke7 22. Bc1 b5 23. Qxa7 Qc2 24. Bxb5+ Kf8 25. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "5th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Be6
7. Nd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Bc3 Qb6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. O-O cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qxb2 16. Qa4
Qb5 17. Qa3 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Qb4 19. Qxa7 O-O 20. a3 Qb2 21. Qc5
Bd7 22. h3 f5 23. Qd6 Rbd8 24. Nc2 f4 25. Qb4 Rb8 26. Qxb2
Rxb2 27. Nb4 Re8 28. Nd3 Rd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ra8
31. Nc5 Bf5 32. a4 Kf7 33. Re1 g5 34. f3 h5 35. Kf2 Bc8
36. Rb1 Ke7 37. Ke1 Kd6 38. Kd2 Ba6 39. Kc3 Kc7 40. Re1 Kb6
41. Kb4 Bc8 42. Re5 g4 43. Rxh5 gxf3 44. gxf3 Kc7 45. Rh7+ Kd6
46. a5 Rb8+ 47. Kc3 1-0

[Event "5th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. c4 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Qc2 e5 15. a3 Be6 16. Bd3 Na5
17. b4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd6
Bxc4 22. Kb2 Qc7 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "5th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5
12. Qg3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Qg4 15. Bf4 Qxg3 16. Bxg3
Rad8 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Rf1 a6 19. Nxc7 Ba5 20. Bb1 Nd4 21. Bd3
Rd7 22. Be5 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. Bf5 Re7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "5th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Qe1 Rb8
12. Qg3 Rd8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Qd7
17. exf5 Bf6 18. Ba7 Qxf5 19. Bxb8 Be6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Ba7
Qxb2 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Be4 Nd7 25. f5 Bd5 26. a4 Qc6
27. Qf3 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Nef6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rab1 b6 31. c3 h5
32. g3 Kf8 33. Kg2 d5 34. Rb4 Ne4 35. c4 a5 36. Rb5 Rxc4
37. Rxd5 Ndf6 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Bxb6 Nd7 40. Bxa5 Rxa4 41. Ra8
Rd4 42. Bc3 Rc4 43. Bxg7 f6 44. Ra7 Ke8 45. Re2 Rd4 46. Bh6
Kd8 47. Bf4 Rc4 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Rh8 1-0

[Event "5th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Severin Papa"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4
7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O cxd4
12. exd4 Bb4 13. a4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8
Bxa8 17. Bxb5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Qg4 Qxe5
21. Re1 Qc7 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Qh3 g6 24. Bf1 Nf4 25. Qe3 e5
26. c4 f6 27. f3 Qd7 28. Bc3 Bc6 29. Qb6 Ra8 30. Ra1 Rxa1
31. Bxa1 Kf7 32. Qe3 Qd1 33. Bc3 g5 34. h3 h5 35. Be1 g4
36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Qd2 Qxd2 38. Bxd2 gxf3 39. Bxf4 fxg2
40. Bxg2 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Severin Papa"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Rg1 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bb4 12. a3
Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 b6 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. f4 Qe6 20. Nf5 O-O 21. Qd4 f6
22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Nd4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Kd2 Rc5 26. Rac1 h5
27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bc8 29. g5 Rfc7 30. gxf6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1
Rxc1 32. Kxc1 gxf6 33. Nb5 Bd7 34. Nxa7 Kf7 35. Kc2 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lenka Ptacnikova"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 a5
7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Nf1 Na6 10. Ne3 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rac1 Be4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Bh3 Qe7
17. Ne1 h6 18. f3 Bc6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Ng2 b5 21. b3 bxc4
22. bxc4 e5 23. e4 Ba4 24. Re1 exd4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Qd6
27. Rxa5 Bd7 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Rd5 Qf6 30. Nxb4 Nxb4 31. Qxb4
Ne5 32. Qb3 Nxf3+ 33. Kh1 Ng5 34. Qd3 Nh3 35. Qxd4 Nf2+
36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zeinab Mamedjarova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 Ngf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 Ba5 10. Rab1 O-O 11. b4 Bc7
12. e4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bg5 f6
17. Bh4 exd4 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Rxd4 Nxh2 20. Nd2 Be5 21. Rd3
Rd8 22. Nc4 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Ng4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. f3
Rd8 27. Bf2 Rd3 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. f4 Ng4 30. Nd5 Nxf2 31. Kxf2
Rd4 32. Nxb6 axb6 33. Ke3 b5 34. a3 h5 35. Qe2 f5 36. Qa2+ Rc4
37. exf5 Qxf5 38. g3 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Ne4 Ng6 11. h3
Be7 12. Re1 h6 13. b3 c5 14. g4 h5 15. Nfg5 Ke8 16. Nf6+ gxf6
17. exf6 hxg4 18. fxe7 Nxe7 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Re3 gxh3 21. Rae1
Be6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Kd7 25. Rh6 c4
26. Rxh3 cxb3 27. axb3 a5 28. Kh2 b5 29. f4 Ke6 30. Rh6+ Kd5
31. Rh5+ Kc6 32. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O Be7 8. Qc2 c5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. f4 O-O 16. Bd2 Rfe8
17. Bc3 e5 18. Qf2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rad1 f6 21. Rfe1 exf4
22. Qd4 Rad8 23. Rxe4 Be5 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Re2 Qxc4 30. Rd2
h6 31. Rd4 Qc2+ 32. Rd2 Qe4 33. Re2 Qc4 34. Rd2 a5 35. Nd4
Qxa2 36. Ne2 Qc4 37. Kf3 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 O-O-O 10. d4 Qe6 11. Nc2 Bd6
12. b4 f5 13. exf5 Qxf5 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
exd4 17. Rxd4 Ne7 18. Re4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rg4 Rd7
21. Be3 Rf8 22. Kg2 Rf5 23. Rd1 Rdf7 24. Rgd4 c6 25. c4 Bxb4
26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Kc7 29. Rd4 Bd6 30. Rc4+
Kd7 31. Ra4 g6 32. Bd2 Rf5 33. Rh4 Rh5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. Kh3
Ke6 36. Kg2 b5 37. h3 Kd5 38. Kf1 b4 39. Ke2 Kd4 40. Kd1 Kd3
41. Bg5 a5 42. Kc1 a4 43. Kb1 Bc5 44. Bh4 Bd4 45. Be7 Bc3
46. Bc5 b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. Be3 Bf6 49. Bc1 Ke2 50. f4 Kxf2
51. Bb2 Be7 52. Bg7 Kg3 53. f5 Kxh3 54. f6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Qb6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8
12. Qe1 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f4 Bb7 16. g5 Rac8
17. Rh2 Nc5 18. h5 b4 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Na5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5
22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Bd4 Qxa2 24. Qxb4 Bxd5 25. Rh3 Be4 26. Bd3 d5
27. Qb7 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qa4 29. c3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Rb8 31. Qxd5
Bxg5 32. b4 Bxf4+ 33. Be3 Bxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Rbd8 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mariya Sergeyeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Qb6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 a6 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7
12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. g5 Rd8 16. h5 b4
17. Ne2 Ne5 18. g6 Nxf3 19. Qf4 Ng5 20. gxf7+ Nxf7 21. Qf2 Rf8
22. h6 Ng5 23. Qg2 Bb7 24. Ng3 g6 25. Bd3 e5 26. Be3 Kh8
27. Rdf1 Ne6 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rf1 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Ne2
d5 32. exd5 Qe5 33. Qe4 Bf6 34. Qxb4 Rb8 35. c3 f3 36. Rxf3
Bxd5 37. Re3 Qxe3 38. Qxb8+ Bg8 39. Qg3 Qxh6 40. Bxa6 Qh1+
41. Nc1 Kg7 42. Bd3 Bf7 43. a4 h5 44. a5 h4 45. Qg4 h3 46. Be4
Qf1 47. a6 h2 48. Qg2 Qg1 49. a7 Qxa7 50. Qxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ildiko Madl"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 O-O-O
12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 h4 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rf3 Bc8 16. Qe1 Be7
17. Rh3 f5 18. exf5 d5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bg4 Rh6 21. Rhd3 Qc7
22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Qd2 Rf6 24. Rf3 Rdf8 25. Rdf1 Bb4 26. Qe3 Bd6
27. Bh3 Qh7 28. a3 Qc7 29. Qd2 Qf7 30. Nbc1 Qc7 31. Nb3 Qe7
32. Nec1 Qc7 33. Nd3 Qb6 34. Qe1 a5 35. Ne5 a4 36. Nxc6+ Qxc6
37. Nd4 Qb6 38. Nxe6 Bxe6 39. Bxe6 Bxf4 40. Bxd5 Qd6 41. Qe4
Be5 42. Bxb7 Rxf3 43. gxf3 Qc7 44. Bd5 Rf4 45. Qe2 Rf8
46. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 g6 12. Kh1
Re8 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Bb1 Nh5 17. Nf3
Bf8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Qf2 Bg7 20. f5 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. fxe6
fxe6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Ncxb5 d5 25. Qe2 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Ba6
27. Rc5 Rxd4 28. Bc3 Rdd8 29. a4 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. g3 Rc8
32. b4 Nd7 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Bd2 Nhf6 35. Bg2 Nb6 36. Bh3
Qc6+ 37. Bg2 Qd7 38. Bh3 Qd5+ 39. Bg2 Qf5 40. Bc6 Nxa4 41. Qc4
Nd5 42. Kg2 Nac3 43. Bxd5 exd5 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nxa3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 d5
7. e5 a6 8. Bd3 Rb8 9. O-O Nge7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd5
12. Ng5 b5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 h6
17. Qh3 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Qh4 f5 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxf6 Rg8
22. d5 Nb4 23. Qd4 Nxd5 24. Bxh6 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Bf4 Rb6
27. Rfc1 Rc6 28. Be5 b4 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Ra3 Rg7 31. Raxc3
Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Kd8 33. Ra3 Ra7 34. f4 a5 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Ke3
Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. h3 a4 39. Bc2 Ra5 40. g4 e5+ 41. fxe5+
Rxe5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 Rd5+ 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. h5 Rd4 46. Ke2
Rh4 47. Bd1 Bb5+ 48. Ke1 Kd5 49. Kf2 Kc5 50. Kg3 Rd4 51. Bc2
f4+ 52. Kf3 Bc6+ 53. Kg4 f3+ 54. Kg3 f2 55. Ra1 Bb5 56. Kxf2
Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Rxc2 58. h6 Kb4 59. h7 Rc8 60. Rb1+ Ka5 61. Kf4
Rh8 62. Rh1 a3 63. Ke3 a2 64. Ra1 Bc4 65. Kd4 Kb4 66. Rc1 Bb3
0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad, Women"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Ne4 Rad8 16. Nxf6+
Nxf6 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nd6 19. g4 Qd5 20. Rhg1 b5 21. g5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nf5 23. Qf4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qg6 fxe5 26. h6
Rd7 27. Rd3 exd4 28. Rh3 Qe5 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. hxg7 Nxg7
31. Rh5 Qxh5 32. Rxg7+ Kf6 33. Qxh5 Kxg7 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qh5+
Kf6 36. b4 Rd5 37. Qh4+ Kg6 38. Qg3+ Kf6 39. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix d'Echecs"]
[Site "GP"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[EventDate "2004.12.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 d5 16. e5 Nh5
17. Be3 Qh4 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. Bc6 Bxd4 21. Ra4 Nhf4
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Kh1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix d'Echecs"]
[Site "GP"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[EventDate "2004.12.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2
12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 c5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nc4 Qc7
17. d5 Bxb2 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Nxb2 Nf6 21. Qh3
Nd5 22. Rfe1 Qc6 23. Nd3 Rag8 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Nf4 Rxg2+
26. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 27. Nxg2 Rg8 28. f3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ekaterina Korbut"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 Ngf6
7. O-O-O e6 8. Re1 Bh7 9. e4 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Qxh4 11. Nf3 Qd8
12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bd6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Ne3
Rc8 17. Kb1 Bf4 18. g4 Nb6 19. Ng2 Bd6 20. g5 h5 21. g6 Nc4
22. Ne3 b5 23. Rhg1 f6 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Qh4 f5 26. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7
12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qd1 Nfd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Qg4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nf6
17. Qd1 Bc5 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bf2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qd5 21. Nf3 Be7
22. c4 Qc6 23. Qe2 b6 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Qf4 Bb7 26. Rad1 Rad8
27. Qh4 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 h6 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe3 b5
32. cxb5 axb5 33. c3 Qc6 34. h3 Qd5 35. b4 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rc4
37. Ra7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Rxc3 41. Rb7
Rxf3 42. Rxb5 Rb3 43. h4 g6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Rb8 Re3 46. Rb5
Rb3 47. Rb8 g5 48. h5 Re3 49. Rb5 Re4 50. Kf3 Rh4 51. Rb8 Rxh5
52. b5 Rh4 53. b6 Rb4 54. Ke3 h5 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Bf3 O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rd3 Rc4 15. Qe3 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rd2 a5 20. g4 g6 21. g5 Bg7 22. f5
exf5 23. exf5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Be5 25. Qh3 a4 26. Qh6 Bg7 27. Qh3
Be5 28. Qh6 Bg7 29. Qh3 Qc5 30. Qd3 Be5 31. Rf1 Rh4 32. h3 Qc4
33. Qf3 gxf5 34. Qxf5 Qe6 35. Qf2 Rxh3 36. Nf4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4
b3 38. cxb3 axb3 39. Rxd6 bxa2+ 40. Ka1 Qb3 41. Qf6 Re3
42. Rd8+ Rxd8 43. Qxd8+ Kg7 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetlana Matveeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. Nxc4 Bb4 8. f3 O-O 9. e4 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qxe4
12. Qf3 Qxd4+ 13. Ke1 Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Qg3 Nc5
17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Be3 Bxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "229"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 exd4
12. cxd4 g5 13. e5 gxh4 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Nh7 16. Ne4 f5
17. Nfg5 Qe7 18. Nf6 Qg7 19. Qxh7+ Qxh7 20. Ngxh7 Rfd8 21. Ng5
dxe5 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nh5+ Kg6 25. Nxe5+ Kxh5
26. Be2+ Kg5 27. Nf7+ Kf6 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Bf3
Bc8 31. Rfe1 Rg8 32. Bd5 Rh8 33. Bb3 Bc5 34. Rd3 Bd6 35. Bd5
b6 36. g3 Bd7 37. Rf3 Rh5 38. Re4 hxg3 39. hxg3 f4 40. Rfxf4+
Bxf4 41. Rxf4+ Ke7 42. Rd4 c5 43. Rd2 b5 44. f4 c4 45. Kf2 a5
46. Ke3 Rh3 47. Rg2 Rh1 48. a4 b4 49. Bxc4 Bxa4 50. g4 Bc6
51. Rg3 Re1+ 52. Kd2 Rb1 53. b3 a4 54. Re3+ Kf8 55. bxa4 Bxa4
56. Bd3 Rb2+ 57. Kc1 Rg2 58. g5 Be8 59. Re6 b3 60. Rb6 Rg4
61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Bc4 Ba4 63. Bd5 Rg3 64. Kb2 Re3 65. Rb6 Re2+
66. Ka3 Ra2+ 67. Kb4 Rf2 68. Rb7+ Kg6 69. Be4+ Kh5 70. Rf7 Be8
71. Rf8 b2 72. Kc3 Bg6 73. Rh8+ Kg4 74. Bxg6 Rxf4 75. Kxb2
Kxg5 76. Bd3 Kf6 77. Re8 Kf7 78. Re3 Kf6 79. Kc3 Rh4 80. Bc4
Kf5 81. Kb4 Kf4 82. Re7 Rh5 83. Kc3 Re5 84. Rf7+ Rf5 85. Re7
Re5 86. Rh7 Re3+ 87. Bd3 Re8 88. Rh4+ Ke3 89. Rh1 Rc8+ 90. Bc4
Rd8 91. Be6 Rd3+ 92. Kc4 Rd4+ 93. Kc5 Ra4 94. Rh3+ Kf2 95. Bc4
Ra8 96. Kd4 Ra4 97. Rc3 Ra7 98. Ke4 Rh7 99. Rf3+ Kg2 100. Bd5
Rh4+ 101. Ke5 Kg1 102. Be4 Rh2 103. Rf4 Rd2 104. Kf5 Rf2
105. Bf3 Rb2 106. Rh4 Rb8 107. Kf4 Kf2 108. Rh2+ Ke1 109. Be4
Rb3 110. Bf3 Rb4+ 111. Kg3 Rd4 112. Re2+ Kf1 113. Re3 Rd2
114. Ra3 Rd4 115. Re3 1-0

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O Bb4 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nd5 10. Ne4 b5 11. b3 h6 12. a3
Bc3 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Nfxd2 O-O 16. Nxc4 Qc7
17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. e3 Rab8 19. Ncd2 Bb5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
Ba4 22. Ne4 Rb3 23. Qc4 Nb6 24. Qe2 Bb5 25. Qc2 Ba4 26. Nc5
Rb4 27. Qd2 Rb5 28. Bf1 Qd6 29. Bxb5 cxb5 30. Qa5 e5 31. Nxa4
1-0

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. f4 Na6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4
Nb6 13. b3 Qd6 14. Be3 f5 15. Rc1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb4 17. Ng5
Bxb3 18. Qd3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qc4 21. Qd2 Qc2
22. Qe1 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nxh7+ Ke8 25. Qf1 Qe4 26. Bg5
Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Nd7 28. Bd3 Nac5 29. Bxg6+ Kd8 30. Qe1 b6 31. h4
Bd5 32. e6 Nxe6 33. Be3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Ng5 Bg6 12. Bxe4
dxe4 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Ngxe4 Na6 16. Bg5 Qxd4
17. Rad1 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4
Nd5 22. Nd6 f6 23. Bh4 Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rd8 25. Bg3 Nb6 26. f3
Kf7 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. b3 Nxd6 29. Rxc6 Nf5 30. Rc5 Nxg3 31. hxg3
a6 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33. Ra7 Rd3 34. Rxa6 Rxb3 35. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe2 b4 12. a5 d5
13. d3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Nbd2 d4 16. Ba4 dxc3 17. Bxc6
cxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bb4 20. Red1 Qd6 21. Rac1 Bxd2
22. Rxd2 Rb4 23. Rdc2 g6 24. Qe3 Rfb8 25. Rc5 Rd4 26. Qg5 Rxd3
27. Qxe5 Rd2 28. Qxd6 cxd6 29. R5c2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Kf8 31. Bd5
Nxd5 32. exd5 Rb5 33. Rc6 Rxa5 34. Rxd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Rxd5
36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Na5 9. Bd3 b5 10. b4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4
12. Qxc4 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qd3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Bxb4
17. Nce2 Rc4 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Nf5 exf5 20. e6 Ne5 21. exf7+
Kf8 22. Qxf5 Bd6 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Re4
26. Qg5 Qxf7 27. Nc3 Re8 28. Nxd5 h5 29. c4 Rh6 30. Qd2 Kg8
31. h3 Rhe6 32. Ne3 Rb8 33. Rc1 Reb6 34. Nd5 Rb2 35. Rc2 Rxc2
36. Qxc2 Qe6 37. Kh2 h4 38. a4 Re8 39. Ne3 Qe4 40. Qd1 Qe5+
41. Kg1 Rb8 42. Qd3 Rf8 43. Ng4 Qf5 44. Qd4 Re8 45. Ne3 Qb1+
46. Kh2 Qe4 47. Qd7 Qe5+ 48. Kg1 Rb8 49. Qd3 Kh8 50. Ng4 Qe8
51. Qf5 Rb6 52. c5 Re6 53. Kh2 Kg8 54. f4 Qg6 55. Qd5 Qe4
56. Qd8+ Re8 57. Qg5 Rf8 58. f5 Qd5 59. Qg6 Qb7 60. f6 Qc7+
61. Kh1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Qa5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 e5 15. g4 Be6 16. Bh3 Rxc3
17. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 18. Kc1 d5 19. Bc5 d4 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Bxa3 Nd7
22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Kd2 Nf8 24. Ra1 Ng6 25. Bf1 h5 26. g5 Rc8
27. Ra3 Nf4 28. b4 f6 29. b5 axb5 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. Bxb5 g5
32. hxg5+ Kxg5 33. c3 dxc3+ 34. Rxc3 Ra8 35. Rg1+ Kf6 36. Bc4
Rd8+ 37. Kc2 Rc8 38. Bb5 Ra8 39. Bc4 Rc8 40. Bb5 Rh8 41. Bc4
h4 42. Rh1 Bd7 43. Bd5 Rh7 44. Kd2 h3 45. Rc7 Rg7 46. Ke1 Ke7
47. Rxb7 Kd6 48. Rb6+ Kc5 49. Rb7 Kd6 50. Rb6+ Kc7 51. Rb7+
Kc8 52. Bc6 Rg6 53. Bxd7+ Kxb7 54. Bg4 Ra6 55. Kf2 Ra2+
56. Kg3 Rg2+ 57. Kh4 h2 58. Bh3 Rb2 59. Kg3 Kb6 60. Bf1 Rb1
61. Kxh2 Kc5 62. Kg3 Kd4 63. Bg2 Rb8 64. Bh3 Ke3 65. Re1+ Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne3 Qb6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5
Qa6 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 b4 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxf6+
Nxf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. a6 Qb5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qc4 Qb6
22. Qf4 Bd4 23. Be1 h6 24. Ra4 e5 25. Qf5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+
27. Kf1 Qb6 28. Rxb4 Qc6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qf3 e4 31. Qb3 e3
32. Qxe3 Nd5 33. Qd4 Re8 34. Rb3 Qe6 35. Qd3 Ne3+ 36. Qxe3
Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Bf2 Re6 39. Bxa7 Rxa6 40. Bd4 Ra4
41. e3 g5 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Kh7 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Kf3 Kh5
46. Bf6 Ra6 47. Be7 Re6 48. Bd8 Rd6 49. Be7 Re6 50. Bd8 Re8
51. Bf6 Kg6 52. Bd4 Kf5 53. b4 Re4 54. Kg3 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 h5
56. b5 Ke6 57. b6 Kd6 58. Bf6 Kc6 59. Bd8 Re4 60. Kg3 Rxe3+
61. Kf4 Rd3 62. Bc7 Rd5 63. Ke4 Rb5 64. Kf4 Kd7 65. Ke4 Rb4+
66. Kd5 Rxh4 67. Bd6 Rd4+ 68. Kxd4 0-1

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 f5 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 c4
12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Bd5 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ba4 Qa5
17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Ne5+ Kc7 19. Kb1 bxc3 20. Nxc4 Qa4 21. b3
Rab8 22. Ka1 Rxb3 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Qc2 Ra3 25. Nxd5+ Rxd5
26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Ne2 Rc4 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Rcxc3
Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxd4 32. Kb1 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34. Rc1 Rd2
35. Rc2 Rd1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Kc5 38. Kc2 Kc4 39. f3 Be5
40. h4 h5 41. Kd2 f4 42. Kc2 Bd6 43. Nc3 f5 44. Ne2 e5 45. Nc1
Kd4 46. Kd2 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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. Ne4 Ng6 11. h3
Bd7 12. b3 Kc8 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rad1 a5 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. c3 Be7
17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. c4 Nf4 19. Kh2 a4 20. g4 Ne6 21. Kg3 Bb4
22. Rd3 axb3 23. axb3 c5 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Ra3 26. Nd2 g5
27. Ne4 b6 28. Bb2 Ra2 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Nc3 Ra8
32. Rd1+ Ke8 33. Ne2 Be4 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. h4 Bc2
37. Nc1 Nf4 38. h5 Ke7 39. f3 Ke6 40. Ba1 c6 41. Kf2 b5
42. Ke3 Bd1 43. Kf2 b4 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Kg3 Kd7
47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Ng2+ 49. Kf2 Nh4 50. Nd3 Bxf3 51. Nxc5+
Ke7 52. Kg3 Bd1 53. Na6 Bxb3 54. Nxb4 Bxc4 55. Nxc6+ Kf8
56. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6
12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. c4 Bc6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rae1 b6
17. Re2 Rf7 18. Qh5 Nc8 19. c5 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qf7 21. Qh4 Qxa2
22. g4 Ne7 23. g5 fxg5 24. Nxg5 Qg8 25. Ref2 Bd7 26. Nxh7 Qxh7
27. Qxe7 Bxf5 28. Qg5 g6 29. h4 Rae8 30. d4 bxc5 31. dxe5 Rf7
32. h5 Re6 33. Bxc5 Qg7 34. Rh2 Qh7 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sipke Ernst"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2
16. Kxg2 Rab8 17. b4 f6 18. f4 Rbd8 19. h3 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bc4
21. a4 fxe5 22. fxe5 bxa4 23. Bd4 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Re4 c6
26. e6 Rd5 27. h4 Rdf5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rg4 g6 30. Rh1 Rdd5
31. Rc1 Rd8 32. c4 Bxb4 33. cxb5 c5 34. Bc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Re8
36. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Tournament: Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. h3
Qe7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nd3 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be3
Bxg2 18. Qxg2 O-O 19. a4 b4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. b3 c6 22. bxc4
cxd5 23. Qxd5 N7xe5 24. fxe5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Nxe5 26. Bc5 Rfc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nac5 13.f3
Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc5 15.Qd4 Nb3 16.Qxg4 Nxa1 17.Bh6 g6 18.Nc3 Qb6+
19.Rf2 Rfe8 20.Qf4 Re6 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Nxd5 Qa5 23.Nf6+ Kh8
24.Ng4 Qc7 25.Bg5 f5 26.Bf6+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kf8 28.Qb4+ Ke8 29.g4
Rb6 30.Qa4+ Kf8 31.Qd1 Rc8 32.Qxa1 Rxf6 33.exf6 Qf4 34.Qa2
Qxh6 35.Qe6 Qc1+ 36.Kg2 Qc7 37.Re2 fxg4 38.Qxg4 Qc4 39.Re4
Qc2+ 40.Kh3 Rc5 41.Qe6 Rh5+ 42.Rh4 Rxh4+ 43.Kxh4 Qxh2+ 44.Kg4
Qg2+ 45.Kh4 Qh2+ 46.Kg4 Qg2+ 47.Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Site "Turin, Italy"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[EventDate "2005.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bruno Manzardo"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. e4 Bb4 8. Be2 Qh4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. f4 Ng4
12. h3 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng8 15. Qd5 Qe7 16. Ba3 Qe6
17. Rad1 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Nh6 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. e6 fxe6 21. dxe6
Ba4 22. e7 Bxd1 23. Be6 1-0

[Event "Simul Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Site "Turin, Italy"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[EventDate "2005.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alberto Pulito"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3
Nc6 8.Bf4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6
13.Kb1 Bd7 14.g4 Rae8 15.h4 Kh8 16.Nh2 Nd4 17.Qe3 e5 18.Rdg1
Ne6 19.g5 Nh5 20.Ng4 Nef4 21.f3 e4 22.Nb5 Qb6 23.Qxb6 axb6
24.Bf1 exf3 25.Kc1 Ne2+ 26.Bxe2 fxe2 0-1

[Event "Simul Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Site "Turin, Italy"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[EventDate "2005.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mario Fabbri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.b3 b6
8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Bd3 Na6 10.a3 Rc8 11.O-O Bd6 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.e4
dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 f5 16.Bd3 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Qf7
19.Ne5 Qh5 20.Be2 Qh6 21.Bf3 Rce8 22.Re1 Nc7 23.Rad1 Re7 24.g3
Rfe8 25.Nd3 Rxe1+ 26.Nxe1 f4 27.Ng2 fxg3 28.hxg3 Qg5 29.Bc1
Qf6 30.Be4 g6 31.Ne3 Bc8 32.Nc4 Nb5 33.Bb2 Nd4 34.Nxd6 Qxd6
35.Bxd4 cxd4 36.Rxd4 Qxa3 37.d6 Qa1+ 38.Rd1 Qe5 39.Bxg6 hxg6
40.Qxg6+ Kf8 41.d7 Bxd7 42.Rxd7 Qe1+ 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.Qxe4 Rxe4
45.Rxa7 Rb4 46.f4 Rxb3 47.f5 Rb5 48.g4 Rb3 49.f6 Kg8 50.Rg7+
Kf8 51.g5 Rc3 52.g6 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Rc1 54.Kf4 Rf1+ 55.Ke5 Re1+
56.Kd6 Rg1 57.Rb7 Rxg6 58.Ke6 Kg8 59.Ke7 1-0

[Event "Simul Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Site "Turin, Italy"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[EventDate "2005.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Giovanni Battafarano"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nf1 h6
14.Ng3 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6 16.a4 Qc7 17.Nh4 Bd7 18.Qf3 bxa4 19.Ba2
Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Bxh6 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 gxh6 23.Rg4+ Bg7
24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Nh5+ Kh7 26.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h4 Rfc8
13.h5 Qa5 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.a3 Bc4 16.g4 Bxf1 17.Rdxf1 Rc4
18.Be3 Rac8 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Ne3 R4c5 22.Rh3 Rb5
23.Nd1 Qa5 24.Qd3 Qa6 25.Rfh1 Nd7 26.Bc1 Bg7 27.Qd2 Qa4 28.Qh2
Qd4 29.Rh8+ Bxh8 30.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. Bh3 Bc8 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Qh6 b4 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Ned4 Rdg8 20. Qh5 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 f5
22. Rhe1 Bf6 23. Nb3 Bb7 24. Qf1 Rd8 25. exf5 e5 26. Bg2 d5
27. Nd4 Rd6 28. Ne6 Rc8 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Rxe6 31. fxe6 Qxe6
32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Bxg5 34. Bh3 Qf6 35. Bxc8 Kxc8 36. Qh3+
Kc7 37. Qh7+ Kb6 38. Rg1 Bc6 39. Qg8 Be3 40. Rg6 Qf3 41. Qxd5
1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.05"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6
12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Kb1 a6 14. Qxc4 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 O-O
17. Bd3 Rc6 18. f3 Qa5 19. Be1 Qc7 20. Bc3 Rd8 21. Bc2 Nc4
22. Qf2 f5 23. Qg3+ Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Ne3 25. Rd3 Nxc2 26. Kxc2
Rg6 27. Rhd1 Ba4+ 28. b3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Bb5 30. Rd2 f4 31. Nh5
Rh6 32. Nxf4 Rxh2 33. Nd5 Kf8 34. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.06"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. c4 Qd7 16. Rab1
Bf6 17. d5 b6 18. Rbd1 Ne7 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qd6 21. Re3
f6 22. Nf3 Ng6 23. Nd4 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Qe5 25. Qb3 Re8 26. g3
Kh8 27. Qa4 a5 28. Ne6 Re7 29. c5 bxc5 30. Qxa5 h5 31. Qd2 h4
32. f4 Qh5 33. Rb1 Qf5 34. Qd1 Rd7 35. g4 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5
37. Nxc7 Rd2 38. Ne6 c4 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rc8 h3 41. Rxc4 Rg2+
42. Kf1 Rxh2 43. Rc3 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 h2 45. Rh3+ Kg8 46. Kg2 Re1
47. f5 Ne5 48. Rxh2 Nxg4 49. Rh4 Nh6 50. Nd4 Ra1 51. Re4 Rxa2+
52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Kf4 Rh3 54. Re8+ Kf7 55. Rd8 Rh4+ 56. Kf3
Rxd4 57. Rxd4 Nxf5 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Ra7 g5 60. Kg4 Ne3+
61. Kh5 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kf4 63. Kg6 g4 64. Kxf6 g3 65. Ra1 Kf3
66. Rg1 Ng2 67. Rf1+ Ke2 68. Rf5 Ne3 69. Rg5 g2 70. Rxg2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.07"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 Ke7
12. f5 Qc5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Nxc6+ Bxc6 15. Bf3 b4 16. e5 dxe5
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne2 Qe4 19. Kb1 Rg8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ng3
Qg4 22. Qxh7+ Rg7 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Qc4 Rh8 26. Rd7
Kg6 27. g3 Bf8 28. Rd3 Re7 29. Rd6 Kg7 30. Qd3 a5 31. Nc5 Rh6
32. b3 Re8 33. Rxe6 Re7 34. Qd5 Rc7 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Bxc5
37. Qxc5 Qf3 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+
Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kg6 45. Rd1 Rxh2
46. Qe8+ Kf5 47. Qc8+ Kg5 48. Qg8+ Kf5 49. Qc8+ Kg5 50. Qg8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 b4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 d6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. a5
O-O 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. c3 Nf8 16. g3 Qf6 17. Nh4 Ne6
18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Nd5 Qg5 20. Ng2 Rd6 21. f4 Qd8 22. Qh5 exf4
23. Ndxf4 Qd7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Nf4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nd8 27. Qxc5
Kh7 28. Ba4 Bc6 29. e5 Bxa4 30. exd6 cxd6 31. Qh5 Bc6 32. Qg6+
Kh8 33. Nh5 e5 34. Rf2 Rg8 35. Rb1 Ne6 36. Nxg7 Ng5 37. Qxh6+
Nh7 38. Nf5 1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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 Nbd7 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Be5 Be7 14. Bxg4 Rg8 15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. b3
b4 18. Nd1 Qb7 19. bxc4 Nd7 20. Bh2 Nb6 21. Nb2 Rxd4 22. Qe3
Bc5 23. O-O Qe7 24. Qxh6 Rg6 25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Rad1 f5 27. Nd3
Bd6 28. Ne5 Nxc4 29. Rxd4 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rc1 Qg7
32. Rd2 Qf8 33. Rcd1 Qf6 34. exf5 Bc4 35. Rd6 Kc7 36. R6d4
Nxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Bd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. h5 Qg5 40. g3 Rf8 41. Re1
Rxf5 42. Qe2 Kb6 43. Rb1 a5 44. a3 Re5 45. Qc2 Re4 46. axb4
axb4 47. Ra1 Qe5 48. Qd1 Qc3 49. h6 b3 50. Rc1 Qb4 51. h7 b2
52. Rb1 Qc3 53. Kg2 Re8 54. Qh5 Rb8 55. Qe2 Ka5 56. Qe7 Kb6
57. Qe2 Kc5 58. Qe7+ Kb6 59. Qe2 Ka5 60. Qe7 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yuhua Xu"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. a4 f5
17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qxg6 Qe7 19. Qg3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2
e5 22. Nxe4 Rhg8 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Qh2 Qe6 25. Rab1 Nb4 26. Bf4
Bc6 27. Bg3 Nxc2 28. Rxe5 Qa2 29. Rd1 Ka8 30. h5 Qxa4 31. Qh4
Qxh4 32. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Rh2 34. Bxd8 Bf3 0-1

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alisa Galliamova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qd5 Bg6 11. h4 Qd7
12. h5 Bf5 13. h6 g6 14. Nd4 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe4 O-O-O
17. Be3 Kb8 18. O-O-O Bf6 19. Bf3 Rhf8 20. g3 Qe7 21. Bg2 Rde8
22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Qa4 a6 24. b4 Ne5 25. b5 d5 26. Bh3 Qd6
27. cxd5 exd5 28. bxa6 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Bc5 Be7 31. Bd4
Nf3 32. Bg7 Rf7 33. Kc2 Bc5 34. Bf1 Ka7 35. Bd3 Ne5 36. Bxe5
Rxf2+ 37. Rd2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Rxe5 39. Bxg6 Be3+ 40. Kd3 Bxh6
41. Rxh6 Re6 42. Rxh7 Rxg6 43. Rxc7+ Kxa6 44. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[EventDate "2005.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 Be7
12. Be3 Nf5 13. bxa6 O-O 14. Bd2 e4 15. Nc4 Bxa6 16. Be2 Bxc4
17. Bxc4 e3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. O-O Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1
Qh4 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Rf3 Bc5 24. g3 Qg4 25. Raf1 Re4 26. Rf4
Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qg5 28. Qe2 Qd8 29. Bb5 Ba7 30. a4 Qb6 31. Kg2
g5 32. Rf5 h6 33. Be8 Qe3 34. Qxe3 Bxe3 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. Kf3
Bd4 37. Ke4 Bxb2 38. Rf2 Ba3 39. a5 Rc5 40. Ra2 f5+ 41. Kxf5
Rxd5+ 42. Kg6 Rxb5 43. Rxa3 Rb7 44. a6 Ra7 45. Rb3 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alisa Maric"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rd1 c4 16. Bc2 Nf6
17. Bd2 Qc7 18. h3 Qc6 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rf6 21. b3 Rg6
22. d5 exd5 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Nxf5 Ba3 25. Rb1 d4 26. f3 d3
27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Rxd3 Ng5 29. Nh4 Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 Rf6 31. gxh3
Be4 32. Rbd1 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Qe6 34. Qg2 Be7 35. f4 Rc8 36. Bc3
Rf7 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Qxf6 39. Nd4 Rfc7 40. Rd1 Kh8 41. Qg4
Re8 42. Rd3 g6 43. Kf2 b4 44. Ke2 a5 45. Kf2 Qe7 46. Qd1 Rec8
47. Nf3 Rc1 48. Qe2 R8c2 49. Rd2 Qe4 50. Ne1 Rxd2 51. Qxd2 Rc3
52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qb6 Qf5 54. Qd4+ Kh6 55. Kg3 Qc5 56. Qxc5
Rxc5 57. e4 Rc1 58. Nf3 Ra1 59. e5 Rxa2 60. e6 Kg7 61. Nd4 Kf6
0-1

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yelena Dembo"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5
12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 Be6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 a4 21. a3
Ra6 22. h4 Rb6 23. g4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Rf2 Rd6 26. Kc1
Rc8 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bd5 Rdb6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Rh3 Rc7 31. Kd1
Rb8 32. Rhf3 Kh7 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Bxg5 35. Bxf7 Rb6 36. e5
Rh6 37. Bd5 Rh1+ 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Rxf1 Rc3 40. b5 g6 41. Rf3
Rxf3 42. Bxf3 Bf4 43. e6 Kg7 44. b6 Kf6 45. Bd5 Bd6 46. b7 Ke7
47. Ke2 Kd8 48. Kd3 Kc7 49. Kc4 Bxa3 50. Kb5 Bd6 51. Kxa4 Kd8
52. Kb5 Bb8 53. Kc4 Ba7 54. Be4 Ke7 55. Kd5 g5 56. Bf5 Kd8
57. Bg4 Ke7 58. Ke5 d3 59. c4 d2 60. c5 Bb8+ 61. Kd5 Ba7
62. c6 Bb8 63. Kc5 Bc7 64. Kb5 Kd6 65. Ka6 d1=Q 66. Bxd1 Kxc6
67. Ka7 Kd6 68. Bg4 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Corina-Isabela Peptan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Kb1 O-O
12. Qe2 Na5 13. f4 b5 14. f5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bb7 18. Bg2 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. Rhe1 Ne5 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. Re2 Rf7 23. Ne6 Kh7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. b3 Nd7 26. Rde1
Re8 27. Bb2+ Kg8 28. Be4 Nf8 29. Bc1 Kg7 30. h4 Rc8 31. h5 g5
32. Bb2+ Kg8 33. Bg6 e5 34. dxe6 Re7 35. Bf7+ Kh7 36. Bf6 Rcc7
37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd2 d5 39. c3 Kg7 40. Re5 Bc6 41. Kb2 Nh7
42. Bg6 Nf6 43. Bf5 Kf8 44. Rf2 Kg7 45. Kc2 Ng8 46. Kd3 Nf6
47. Kd4 Ba8 48. Re3 Bb7 49. Rd2 Bc8 50. Ke5 Rc7 51. Rxd5 Nxd5
52. Kxd5 Kf8 53. Kd6 Re7 54. Bg6 Bb7 55. Re5 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Almira Skripchenko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qd2 exf4 10. Qxf4 Bh5 11. Nf3 Qd7
12. a3 Rac8 13. Qg3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
Qd8 17. Qf2 Bf6 18. Bf4 a6 19. a4 Re8 20. Rfe1 Be5 21. Bd2 Qd7
22. a5 Re7 23. b4 f5 24. Bg5 Ree8 25. Bb3 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "169"]

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. h3 h6 11. Be3
Bd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Rd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxc6
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ba3 18. f4 g6 19. Nd4 Bc4 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. a4 Kb7
22. Kf2 Rad8 23. Rbd1 a5 24. g4 h5 25. Kg3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rde8
27. Re1 Rh7 28. Nf3 Be7 29. Rg1 Be6 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Nb5 Bc6
32. Kf2 Rh3 33. Ke2 g5 34. Rd3 Bf3+ 35. Kd2 Be4 36. Rd7 Rh2+
37. Ke1 Bxc2 38. Rxc7+ Kb8 39. Rc6 Bc5 40. Bxc5 bxc5 41. Rb6+
Kc8 42. Nd6+ Kc7 43. Rb7+ Kc6 44. Nxe8 Kxb7 45. Nd6+ Kc7
46. Nxf7 gxf4 47. Rf1 Bxa4 48. Rxf4 Bb3 49. Nd6 a4 50. c4 Kd7
51. Ne4 Ke6 52. Rf5 Bc2 53. Nxc5+ Ke7 54. Rf3 Rg2 55. Rc3 Bg6
56. Nxa4 Rxg4 57. Nb6 Re4+ 58. Kd2 Rxe5 59. c5 Be8 60. c6 Bxc6
61. Rxc6 Re6 62. Rc7+ Kd6 63. Rg7 Kc5 64. Na4+ Kd4 65. Nc3 Rh6
66. Rg4+ Kc5 67. Ne4+ Kd5 68. Ke3 Rh3+ 69. Ng3 Ke5 70. Kf3 Rh8
71. Rg5+ Kd4 72. Ne2+ Kc4 73. Re5 Rh3+ 74. Ke4 Rh4+ 75. Nf4
Rh1 76. Ng2 Kb4 77. Rd5 Rh2 78. Rg5 Kc3 79. Nf4 Rh8 80. Rc5+
Kb4 81. Kd4 Rh4 82. Rc4+ Kb5 83. Kd5 Rh8 84. Rc5+ Kb6 85. Rc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+
12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Rd8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bc1 Qb5 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. f4 O-O 21. b3 a5
22. c4 Qa6 23. f5 a4 24. f6 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Qb2 Ba3
27. Qa2 Bxc1 28. Qxa6 Rxa6 29. Kxc1 gxf6 30. exf6 Ra3 31. Rh4
Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Kc2 Rb4 34. Kc3 c5 35. Rd3 Nd5+ 36. Kd2
Nxf6 37. Rf4 Nd5 38. Rg4 b5 39. Rf3 bxc4 40. Rg6 c3+ 41. Kc1
Ra8 0-1

[Event "15th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4
Qb6 13. a4 Rc8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Qb1 Qc6 17. Rc1
Be7 18. b3 N7b6 19. Bg5 Bb4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bd2 Be7 22. Ra7
Rb8 23. Qa2 Ndb6 24. Nc3 O-O 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxc4 Nxc4
27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Bd5 29. Rc1 Bb4 30. Be3 h6 31. Ne1 Bxe1
32. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12. Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz, Germany"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
c5 13. d5 g6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Bh6 Rfb8 16. g4 Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxh6
18. Qxh6 Qd8 19. Ng3 Qf8 20. Qe3 c4 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. b4 cxb3
23. axb3 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Na4 26. Bd3 Bc8 27. Nb3 Bd7
28. f4 Rc8 29. Ne2 exf4 30. Qxf4 Qe7 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rf3 Be8
33. Raf1 Nd7 34. Ned4 Ne5 35. Rg3 Rc3 36. Bxb5 Bxb5 37. Nxb5
Rxg3+ 38. Qxg3 Nb2 39. Na5 Nbd3 40. Nc6 Nxc6 41. dxc6 Qxe4
42. Qf3 Qc4 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Nxd6 Qxb4 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. Qf6+
Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc3 Kh8 20. Rf3 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 f5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Nc5
Kf7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd3 Rd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf2
Kd6 31. Nd3 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Belov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nbd2
Be6 13. Nf1 f5 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 b6 16. Re2 Qf7 17. Rae1
Re8 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 b5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nf3 Ba5 22. Rf1 Qg7
23. Ne5 h6 24. Bh4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 g5 26. Be1 Bxe1 27. Rexe1 f4
28. a4 a6 29. Ra1 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Qe2 Kg7 32. b4 Qd7
33. Ra3 Ra7 34. Rfa1 Rb7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bc2 Bg4 37. Qf2 Rc7
38. Ra5 Bf5 39. Re1 Qe6 40. Ra3 Bxc2 41. Qxc2 Rcf7 42. Rf1 Qg4
43. h3 Qe6 44. Qe2 Qg6 45. Ra6 Re7 46. Re1 Re6 47. Ra7+ Kg8
48. Rea1 h5 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Ra8 Rxa8 51. Rxa8+ Kg7 52. Ra7+
Kg6 53. Kh2 Qf5 54. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8
17. Nce3 Ne7 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Nxd5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6
7. g3 c6 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Nc7 11. a4 cxd5 12. cxd5
Rb8 13. a5 Re8 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Nf4
Bf8 18. Re1 a6 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. b3 Nb5 22. Na4 Rb8
23. Bb2 Qb7 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Kg2 Nc7 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Rac1 Qd8
28. Nce6 Bxe6 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf8 31. Rce1 Rf7 32. Bxa6
Nd7 33. b4 Bf8 34. Bd4 f4 35. Bc4 Qc8 36. Bd3 Qb7 37. Qc2 Nf6
38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. b5 Rc8 40. Qb1 Qxd5 41. R6e2 fxg3 42. Be4
Qg5 43. Bf5 Rc3 44. hxg3 Rg7 45. g4 Qf4 46. Qa2+ Rf7 47. Rf1
d5 48. Qd2 Qxd2 49. Rxd2 Ra7 50. Rb1 Bc5 51. b6 Rb7 52. Rxd5
Be3 53. Rd6 Kg7 54. Be4 Bf4 55. Rd8 Rb8 56. Rd7+ Kf8 57. Rxh7
Rd8 58. b7 Bb8 59. Rh8+ Ke7 60. Rxd8 Kxd8 61. Rh1 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexei Lugovoi"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. d5 Nd6
7. Be2 e4 8. dxc6 exf3 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Bxb7 Nxb7
12. c4 Bf6 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qd3 d5
17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Nf3 Rab8 21. Rd1
Red8 22. Kf1 h6 23. h3 a6 24. Ne1 Nb4 25. Bf4 Rb5 26. a3 Nc6
27. b4 g5 28. Bg3 Nd4 29. Nd3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valerij Popov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4 Qb6 9. O-O a6 10. d3 c5 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Qb3 b4 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Qc2 O-O
17. b3 Nbd7 18. Bb2 Bd5 19. Nd2 Ra8 20. Ra1 Qb7 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. e4 Ng4 23. Rc1 h5 24. Re1 d4 25. Bc1 Qa6 26. Nc4 Nge5
27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rd1 c4 29. dxc4 d3 30. Qb1 Qg6 31. Bf4 Nf3+
32. Kf1 Qxe4 33. Qxd3 Nxh2+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ 36. Kg1
Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Qc6 38. Qd5 Qxd5 39. cxd5 g5 40. Bc7 Bf6 41. d6
Ra7 42. Bb6 Rxa4 43. bxa4 b3 44. a5 b2 45. a6 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexei Iljushin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7
12. Qe2 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Rde1 Bd6 16. Rh3 Nf6
17. g4 Nd5 18. Rg1 Nf4 19. Qf1 Nxh3 20. Qxh3 c4 21. Bh7+ Kh8
22. Be4 Bf4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nc3 Bd6
27. g5 Rfe8 28. h5 b5 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Nh4 b4 31. Ne2 b3
32. Nc3 bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Rb8 34. Qc3 Bb4 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. Qxb4
Rxb4 37. Nxf5 Reb8 38. Rxe6 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 R2b6 40. Re5 c3
41. Kd1 Rb5 42. d5 a5 43. Nd4 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 a4 45. d6 Rd8
46. Nb5 Rb4 47. Kd3 Rf4 48. Kxc3 Rxf2 49. Re7 Kg8 50. Rc7 a3
51. Ra7 Rc8+ 52. Kd3 Rcxc2 53. d7 Rfd2+ 54. Ke3 a2 55. Nd4
Rxd4 56. Kxd4 Rd2+ 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Bragin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5
17. Rf2 a5 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Bc3 b4 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. Bf4 Nf6
22. Bc4 Raa8 23. Bd3 Nd5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Bg5 Rae8
27. Be7 Nxe7 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 g6 31. Rd2
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semifinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dmitry Obolenskikh"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bg2
O-O 13. g5 Nfd7 14. b4 Nb3 15. Ncb5 axb5 16. cxb3 d5 17. Qd2
dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 19. Nf5 Bd8 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. O-O exf4 22. Rxc8
Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Qxd7 Bxg5 25. h4 Qe5 26. Re1 Rad8
27. Qxb7 Qf6 28. hxg5 Qxg5+ 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Qxb5 g6 31. Bh4
1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Timothy Taylor"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.b4 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10.f4 Ng6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bd4
f6 14.Qh5 Bd7 15.Rf3 f5 16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Nb3 Nxf4 18.Rxf4 e5
19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxf5 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Rxf5 22.Qxf5 Bxc3 23.Rf1 Bf6
24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.Rf5 d4 26.Rd5 Qf8 27.Rd7 d3 28.Qf7 Qxf7 29.Rxf7
Rd8 30.Rxb7 d2 31.Nxd2 Rxd2 32.c6 Be5 33.c7 Bxc7 34.Rxc7 h6
35.Rxa7 Rb2 36.a3 Kh7 37.Ra6 Kg8 38.h4 Kf7 39.h5 Rd2 40.a4 Rd5
41.Rb6 Rxh5 42.a5 Rd5 43.a6 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Ra1 45.b5 h5 46.Rb7+
Kf6 47.a7 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "David Pruess"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6
8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.dxe5 Qxe5+ 12.Ne2 Nd7
13.Nc3 Re8 14.Qd3 Bb4 15.Kf2 Ngf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17.g5 hxg5
18.hxg5 Rxh1 19.Rxh1 Nc5 20.Qd1 Nfd7 21.Ng3 Kg8 22.Nce2 Qf7
23.g6 Qxg6 24.a3 Ba5 25.b4 Bb6 26.bxc5 Bxc5+ 27.Kg2 Bxa3
28.Rh5 Be7 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.Nf5 Ne5 31.Qh1 Nf7 32.Kf1 a5 33.Bc1
Bc3 34.Ne2 Qe6 35.Qg2 b5 36.Ne3 b4 37. Nxc3 bxc3 38.Rh4 Ne5
39.Qh2 Ng6 40.Rg4 Qf6 41.Qg3 Kh7 42.Rg5 d4 43.Qh3+ Kg8 44. Qf5
Kh7 45.Qxf6 gxf6 46.Rh5+ Kg8 47.Ng4 Rb8 48.Ke2 Rb1 49.Nxf6+
Kf7 50.Bg5 Rb2 51.Kd3 Ne5+ 52.Ke4 Nxf3 53.Kxf3 Rxc2 54.Ne4 d3
55.Rh7+ Ke6 56.Rh6+ Kf7 57.Nd6+ Kg7 58.Nf5+ Kf7 59.Rf6+ Ke8
60.Rd6 d2 61.Nh6 Rc1 62.Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. d5
Nb8 13. c4 Nh5 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Bc2
a5 18. Nh4 Qe7 19. g3 Na6 20. a3 c6 21. Rab1 cxd5 22. exd5
Rac8 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Qb6 26. Bd3 Qd4 27. Qc2
Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Qb6 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. f4 a6 11. Nxd6 Bxd6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qa3 Qe3+ 15. Kb1 Rxd1+ 16. Nxd1
Qxf4 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 b5 19. c3 Bb7 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Be2
Rd8 22. Kc1 Kf8 23. Rg1 Ke7 24. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Na3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7
12. g5 Ne4 13. Nh4 Nd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nc2 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Nf5
17. O-O-O e6 18. Kb1 Be7 19. Nb4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nb6 21. Nd3 Nd5
22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Nf4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be4 Rd2 26. Nxf7
Rxf2 27. h4 Re2 28. Bf3 Rf2 29. Be4 Re2 30. Bf3 Rf2 31. Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Korotylev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb3 O-O 15. O-O Rc7 16. Qb1 f5
17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Ne4 19. Be1 Rf6 20. g3 Rh6 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. Nd2 Qf7 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. Nc5 Qh5 25. Nxb7 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1
Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Rxb7 28. a3 Rd7 29. Qc2 Qh5+ 30. f3 e5 31. dxe5
Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qxe5 33. Qb3+ Kf8 34. Rd4 Rh2+ 35. Kd1 Bf6
36. Qd3 Qe6 37. Re4 Qa2 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qg4+ Kh6
41. Qf4+ Kg6 42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ Kg6 44. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Robert Kempinski"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. a3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. f4 Ne7 16. Ne4 Ned5
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rf3 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Qb6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Qb1
Bb5 22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Rh3 g6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qe1
Qc2 27. Ng4 Qxb2 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rxh7+ Kxf6 30. Qh4+ Ke6
31. Qg4+ Ke7 32. Qxc8 Qe2 33. Qc1 Bd3 34. f5 Bxf5 35. Bg5+ Kf8
36. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O
cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Rxc4 17. Bxc4
Bg7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Bb3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Qxd4 Nc6 23. Qh4 f6 24. Bh6 g5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qe1 Rd8
27. Nb7 Bxb7 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Khoudgarian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. a3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6
7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8
12. Rfe1 b6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bc6 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qc7
17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. Be4 Bb7 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rd3 Nf8 24. h4 Qc7 25. h5 Rd8 26. Rc3 Rd5
27. Bf4 Qd7 28. Kh2 Qd8 29. Qg4 Nd7 30. Rg3 Qf8 31. Qe2 Qe7
32. Qe3 Qh4+ 33. Rh3 Qg4 34. Rg3 Qh4+ 35. Rh3 Qg4 36. c4 Rd4
37. Bxh6 Qe4 38. Rg3 Qxe3 39. Bxg7+ Kh7 40. fxe3 Rh4+ 41. Kg1
Rxh5 42. Bf6 Nxf6 43. exf6 Re5 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Rxf7 Kg6
46. Rxa7 Rxe3 47. f7 Kg7 48. Rb7 Rb3 49. a4 Rxb2 50. a5 Rb4
51. a6 Rxc4 52. a7 Ra4 53. Rb8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalia Khoudgarian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 e5
7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 d5 9. Ne3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Re3 g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Rh3 Bg5
17. d3 f5 18. Qc4 f4 19. Qxc5 Bxh6 20. b4 Qe7 21. Qd5 Nd8
22. Bb2 Nf7 23. Re1 Rad8 24. Qb5 Qd7 25. Qc5 b6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.13"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. b3 Ngf6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. c4 Re8 11. Qc2 e5 12. e4
dxe4 13. dxe4 a5 14. a3 Qb6 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bc3
Nc5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd3 20. b5 Bb4 21. Nb3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3
cxb5 23. c5 Qc7 24. Ne3 b4 25. Qc4 Be2 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5
Nf4 28. d6 Qd7 29. Qxb4 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxf1+ 31. Rxf1 e4
32. Nd4 Ra8 33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Qc4 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rf1 g6
37. Qb5 Qd8 38. Rf2 Raa3 39. Nf3 Reb3 40. Qc4 Qd7 41. g4 Qc6
42. Qf4 Rd3 43. Qf6 Qxc5 44. Re2 Qc6 45. g5 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6
7. Qd2 h6 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. a5 g5 10. h4 g4 11. Ng1 Nf6 12. Bd3
Nh5 13. Nge2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 c5 17. Na4
c4 18. Be2 Nf5 19. Bf2 h5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Be3 Nxg3 22. Bg5 f6
23. Qe3+ Ne4 24. Bf4 Be6 25. Bxc4 f5 26. Bd3 Kf7 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. O-O Kg8 29. c3 Kh7 30. Bxb8 Qxb8 31. Qg5 Qe8 32. Nxd5 Bxd5
33. Qxd5 e3 34. Rae1 e2 35. Rf2 Qe3 36. Rexe2 Qc1+ 37. Rf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.15"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. b3 Nh5 10. Be5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc7
12. Ng4 e5 13. Qd2 f6 14. Ne2 a5 15. a4 Be6 16. Qe3 b6 17. g3
Rae8 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. f4 b5 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nxf5
Bxf5 23. exf5 bxa4 24. bxa4 e4 25. d4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe5
27. Rhd1 Qxf5 28. Nc3 Qf3 29. R4d3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 f5 31. g4
fxg4 32. hxg4 Nf6 33. g5 Ng4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Nxe4 Rf4
36. Nc5 Kg8 37. Rd7 Ne5 38. Rc7 Rf7 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Ne4 Rf4
41. Nf6 Rxa4 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Ra8 Rh4 44. Kb1 a4 45. Ra5 Ke6
46. Ne8 Nf3 47. Ng7+ Kf7 48. Nf5 Rb4+ 49. Ka2 Nxg5 50. Rc5 Kf6
51. Ng3 Nf7 52. Rxc6+ Kg5 53. Rc7 Rf4 54. Ne2 Rf2 55. Nc3
Rxc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 a5
12. Nf3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3
Qb6 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Qc3 f6 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7
Rb8 22. Rd6 b5 23. Ra7 a4 24. h4 Bf5 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. e4 Bc8
27. Rf7 Re8 28. Re7 Rf8 29. Rc6 Bb7 30. Rcc7 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rg8
32. h5 h6 33. Rb7 Rgd8 34. Rbc7 Rg8 35. Rb7 Rgd8 36. Ra7 Rg8
37. d6 Rb6 38. d7 Rbb8 39. f3 Rgd8 40. Rb7 Ra8 41. Rxb5 Kg8
42. Rb6 Rf8 43. Rbe6 Rad8 44. Kf2 f5 45. Rxe5 f4 46. Re4 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Catarina Leite"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6
12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Bb7 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qe3 d5 16. Nc3 Nxc3
17. bxc3 O-O 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. Qd3 Nd8 21. Rad1 c6
22. f5 Rxe5 23. Bd4 Qd6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rde1 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dana Aketayeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3
7. Qxc3 Re8 8. b4 Nbd7 9. d4 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Qc2
c6 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O bxc5 15. bxc5 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rf8 17. Rfd1
Rae8 18. Rab1 Bc8 19. Qe1 Qc7 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Ba1 Rf6 22. Rb4
Rh6 23. Ra4 a6 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Iweta Radziewicz Rajlich"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nh3 Bb7
12. Bxb5 Qd6 13. c4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Qxe4 a6 16. d5 Ne7
17. Bc6 Nxc6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxd6 Bxe4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. f3
Ne3 22. fxe4 Rxg2 23. Bd4 Nxc4 24. Bc5 Kd7 25. Nf4 Rg4 26. Rf1
Kc6 27. Nd3 Rxe4 28. Rxf7 Rh4 29. Rf2 e5 30. Bf8 a5 31. Nb2
Nb6 32. Nd3 Nc4 33. Nb2 Nb6 34. Bg7 Kd5 35. Rd2+ Ke6 36. Re2
e4 37. Bc3 Nd5 38. Bxa5 Ke5 39. c4 Nb6 40. Bc3+ Kf5 41. Be1
Rh6 42. Rf2+ Ke6 43. a4 Rh5 44. Re2 Kd7 45. a5 Nc8 46. h4 Re5
47. Nd3 Rf5 48. Rxe4 Nd6 49. Rf4 Rxf4 50. Nxf4 Nxc4 51. Nd5
Kc6 52. Nf6 h6 53. Ng4 h5 54. Nf6 Ne5 55. Nxh5 Nf3 56. Kd1 Kb5
57. Nf6 Nxh4 58. Bxh4 Kxa5 59. Kc2 Kb4 60. Bf2 Kc4 61. Ne4 c5
62. Bxc5 Kd5 63. Kd3 Ke5 64. Bd6+ Kd5 65. Bf4 Ke6 66. Nc3 Kf5
67. Ke3 Ke6 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Nd5+ Ke6 70. Be5 Kd7 71. Nb4 Ke6
72. Nc6 Kd7 73. Kd5 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bc2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Ne2 Ne4
12. Bf4 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nc3 Bf5
17. Bc7 Qa6 18. f3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Bg6 20. e4 Rac8 21. Bg3 Na4
22. Nd5 Qa5 23. b4 Qd8 24. e5 Kh8 25. Bf2 c3 26. Nb3 b6
27. Rac1 c2 28. Nd2 a5 29. Qb3 axb4 30. axb4 b5 31. Nf4 Bf5
32. Qxf7 Bxb4 33. Nf3 Rf8 34. Qb3 Rc4 35. Nh4 Nc3 36. Kh1 Qa8
37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Nd3 Ne4 39. Rxc2 Nd2 40. Rxd2 Bxd2 41. Rd1
Bb4 42. Bg3 Be7 43. h3 Rxd4 44. Qxb5 h5 45. Kh2 h4 46. Bf2
Rxd3 47. Qxd3 Rxf2 48. Qg6 Qf3 49. Rd4 Qf7 50. Qc6 Bg5 51. Rg4
Rd2 52. Qa8+ Rd8 53. Qe4 Be7 54. Rxh4+ Kg8 55. Qh7+ Kf8
56. Qh8+ Qg8 57. Rf4+ Bf6 58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 59. exf6 gxf6
60. Rxf6 Rd3 61. h4 Kg7 62. Rf4 Kg6 63. g3 Kh5 64. Kh3 Ra3
65. Rf5+ Kg6 66. Rc5 Ra4 67. h5+ Kh6 68. g4 Ra1 69. Rc6+ Kh7
70. Kh4 Ra5 71. Rc7+ Kh8 72. h6 Ra6 73. Kh5 Rb6 74. g5 Rb5
75. Re7 Ra5 76. Kg4 Ra1 77. Kf5 Rf1+ 78. Kg6 Rf8 79. Kh5 Rf5
80. Kg4 Rf1 81. g6 Rg1+ 82. Kf5 Rf1+ 83. Ke6 Re1+ 84. Kd7 Rd1+
{ 85. Ke8 Kg8 86. Rg7+ Kh8 87. Rh7+ Kg8 88. Rg7+ Kh8 89. Rf7 }
1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5
12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Be7 14. h4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Qc7
17. Bf5 Rd8 18. e4 O-O 19. Kb1 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Bd6 21. h5 Bg3
22. Qc2 b5 23. Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eva Repkova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7
12. Bg5 Bc6 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bh6 Nfd7 15. a4 a5 16. Qd2 Ne6
17. Nf3 g5 18. Nd5 Rg8 19. h4 f6 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Nh2 Rg6
22. Ng4 Nd4 23. Qd1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. Be4 O-O-O 26. c3 Nb3
27. Ra3 Ndc5 28. Bc2 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bxb3 h5 31. Ne3
Rgf6 32. Nc4 Qc7 33. Re2 h4 34. Bc2 hxg3 35. fxg3 Nd7 36. Ne3
Rf3 37. Kg2 g4 38. Nxg4 Nb6 39. Be4 Qf7 40. c4 Rf1 41. Re1
Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Kb8 43. Bg6 Qxg6 44. Nxf2 Nxc4 45. Rf3 Rc8
46. Qd3 Qh6 47. Ng4 Qh3 48. b3 Nb6 49. Qg6 Ka7 50. Nf2 Qd7
51. Rf7 Qd8 52. Qg7 Rb8 53. Rd1 Qc8 54. Rc7 Qf5 55. Qg4 Qf6
56. Ne4 Qf8 57. Rf1 Qd8 58. Nf2 Qxc7 59. Qe6 Qc5 60. Kg2 Nxd5
61. Ng4 Qc6 62. Kg1 Re8 63. Qf7 e4 64. Rd1 Nc3 65. Re1 d5
66. Nf6 Rd8 67. Qe7 Qd6 68. Qg7 Qe5 69. Rf1 e3 70. Nh5 Ne2+
71. Kg2 Qxh5 72. Qc7 Qg5 73. Qxa5+ Kb8 74. Rf3 Rc8 75. Qb6 d4
76. Qd6+ Ka8 77. b4 Qd8 78. Qg6 Qd5 79. Qf6 d3 80. a5 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 exd4
12. exd4 Nf8 13. h3 h6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bd3 Qc7
17. c5 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Ne5 Qg5 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Qxg5 hxg5
22. Bc4 Nd7 23. Ne4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Re7 25. Rd6 Ra8 26. Rb3 a5
27. a4 Kf8 28. Rg3 Bd7 29. Nxg5 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Be8 31. e6 f6
32. Rg3 b5 33. cxb6 Rb8 34. Rd4 Rxb6 35. Rd8 Rb4 36. Bb3 Rc7
37. Ra8 g5 38. Rxa5 c5 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Bc2 Kxe6 41. Ra8 Kf7
42. a5 Ba4 43. Bf5 c4 44. a6 Bd7 45. Bxd7 Rxd7 46. Ra3 Rb3
47. Ra1 c3 48. a7 c2 49. Rf8+ Kxf8 50. a8=Q+ Kg7 51. Kh2 Rb1
52. Qc8 Rxa1 53. Qxd7+ Kh6 54. Qc6 c1=Q 55. Qxf6+ Kh7 56. Qf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
Re8 13. d5 Na5 14. Ba2 c6 15. Nbd2 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5
Kg7 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 cxd5 21. exd5 Ba7
22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxd5 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rh8 26. h3
Qf5 27. Rg1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Qc2 h6
7. Bh4 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nf3 d4
12. Qd2 Nc6 13. e3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Qa5+ 16. b4 Nxb4
17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qb1 Nc2+ 19. Ke2 Nxa1 20. Bxe5 Be6 21. Qxa1
Bxc4+ 22. Kd1 Bb3+ 23. Ke2 Rac8 24. Nxd4 Qxe5 25. Nxb3 Qb5+
26. Kf3 Qd5+ 27. Kg3 f4+ 28. Kh3 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad: Women"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 a6 15. a4 Bc6 16. Bc2 Qb7
17. Qd3 c4 18. Qe2 b5 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. Bc1 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb4
22. Bd2 Rbc8 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Qa3 Nf6
27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Qa3 Nf6 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4
Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Re2
Re6 22. Bg5 f5 23. Kf1 d4 24. Qxd4 Nb3 25. Qd1 Nc5 26. b4 Nd7
27. f4 Nf8 28. Rd2 Qg7 29. Na4 h6 30. Bf6 Qf7 31. Nc5 Ree8
32. Rd4 b6 33. Nd7 Ne6 34. Rd6 Nxf4 35. Qc1 Re6 36. Qxf4 Rxd6
37. exd6 Qxd7 38. Qxh6 Kf7 39. Bd4 Qxd6 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Qg8+
Kd7 42. Qxa8 Qxd4 43. Qb7+ Kd6 44. Qb8+ Kd7 45. Qb7+ Kd6
46. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Qb7 21. Nhf5 d5 22. Nh5
dxe4 23. Qg3 Nxh5 24. Qg6 Kh8 25. Qxh5 Bd5 26. Qh4 Re6 27. Bc2
Rc8 28. Bd2 Nb6 29. Rad1 Nc4 30. Bc1 Rf6 31. Nxh6 Rxh6
32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Qh5 Bg7 34. a4 Rf8 35. axb5 axb5 36. f3 f5
37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Kh2 e3 39. Rf1 Rxf1 40. Rxf1 e4 41. Qe8+ Bg8
42. Kh1 Qc7 43. Bd1 Qg3 44. Qh5 Nd2 45. Rg1 Bc4 46. Qe8+ Kh7
47. Qd7 Qf4 48. Bg4 Nf1 0-1

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. h3 a6
7. g4 e6 8. g5 Nd7 9. h4 Nde5 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qd2
Bb7 13. f4 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nb8 15. a3 Nd7 16. f5 Ne5 17. fxe6 fxe6
18. Bh3 Qf7 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Bd4 Nc6 22. Bg1 b4
23. axb4 Nxb4 24. O-O-O Rc4 25. g6 Qd7 26. gxh7 Bxe4 27. Nxe4
Qa4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nxd6+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dmitrij Sitnikov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6
7. Nc3 b6 8. Be3 f6 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. Ne2 e5 11. Nh2 f5 12. exf5
gxf5 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qf6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Nh5
Qc3 18. Rxb2 Qxb2 19. Bg5 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Kf7
22. Ng4 h6 23. Nxh6+ Rxh6 24. Qxh6 Rh8 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. Qd2 c4
27. Rf4 c3 28. Qe1 Qd6 29. Qf2 Qg6 30. Rd4 Be6 31. Nf4 Qg3
32. Qe2 Bd5 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Kf6 35. Rd4 Rg7 36. Rd8 Rg8
37. Rd5 Qf4 38. Qe1 Kg5 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Rd6+ Rg6 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arseny Alavkin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Bf4 Nde5
12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Ncxe5 dxe5 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 O-O 16. Qb3
Qc7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Red1 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Roman Nechepurenko"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rg8
12. Na4 Qa7 13. Nac5 Bc8 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. g3 h5
17. Be2 h4 18. g4 Kb8 19. Bf3 Be7 20. Qe1 Rh8 21. c4 a5 22. h3
a4 23. Nd2 a3 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Rh2 Rc7 26. Rc2 axb2 27. Rxb2
Rhc8 28. Qxh4 f5 29. Qf2 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bf6 31. Qxa7+ Nxa7
32. Ne5 dxe5 33. Nc5 Bb5 34. Nxb7 exf4 35. Rb3 Bxc4 36. Nc5+
Nb5 37. Nd7+ Ka7 38. Rxb5 Bxb5 39. Nxf6 Be2 0-1

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolai Kabanov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. c4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qe1 Nc5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rc1
Nce4 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxd5 15. Ba1 c5 16. Bc4 Qd6
17. Qg3 Nf6 18. d3 a6 19. b4 cxb4 20. e4 e6 21. Qh4 Nd7
22. Qg3 b5 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Bc2 f6 25. Ng4 Na4 26. Bb3 Kh8
27. e5 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Nc3 30. Rce1 Rae8 31. Qh4
Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qc6 33. Rf2 Rf4 34. Qg3 Ref8 35. Nf6 Rxf2
36. Qxf2 a5 37. d4 a4 38. Bc2 b3 39. axb3 a3 40. Rg1 a2
41. Ra1 b4 42. h3 Rf7 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Qd2 Qe2 45. Qxe2 Nxe2
46. Rxa2 Nxd4 47. Be4 Bxe4 48. Nxe4 Nc6 49. Ng5 Re7 50. Nf3
Ra7 51. Rxa7 Nxa7 52. Nd4 Kg8 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Kf4 h6 55. Ke4
g5 56. g4 Ke7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Kc4 Nc8 59. Kxb4 Ne7 60. Kc5 Ng6
61. b4 Nxe5 62. b5 Nd3+ 63. Kb6 Kd6 64. Ne2 e5 65. Nc3 Nc5
66. Ka7 e4 67. b6 Ke5 68. Na4 Nd7 69. b7 Kd4 70. Nb6 Ne5
71. Ka8 Nc6 72. Nc8 e3 73. Na7 Nb8 74. Kxb8 e2 75. Kc7 e1=Q
76. b8=Q Qg3+ 77. Kd7 Qxh3 78. Qb4+ Kd5 79. Nc6 Qe3 80. Ne7+
Ke5 81. Qd6+ Ke4 82. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Shabanov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O Bg4
7. Na3 a6 8. Ba4 Nge7 9. d3 Ng6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nc2 Be7 12. b4
O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. Bd5 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. bxc5
dxc5 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Ng5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Bxf5 Bxg5 23. Be4 Ne5 24. Qh5 Bh6 25. d4 Nd7 26. Bf3 Qa5
27. dxc5 Qxc3 28. c6 Nf6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qe6 Bg7
32. Rd1 Re8 33. Qb3 Qc5 34. Nb4 a5 35. Nd3 Qf5 36. c7 Qc8
37. Ne5 Bf8 38. Qf7 Bg7 39. Bg4 1-0

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vadim Karpov"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2
Ne6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Qg4 Qg6 17. Qd1
Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Qg5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. d4 g6 22. Kh2
h5 23. d5 Nb8 24. Nf1 h4 25. c4 a5 26. Ra3 b6 27. Ne3 Nd7
28. g3 Nh5 29. Rf1 Ng7 30. Qe2 Kh8 31. Ng2 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 f5
33. Raf3 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Rf8 36. h4 Qh6 37. g4
Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Kg8 39. g5 Qh7 40. Qh3 Nf8 41. Ne3 Nh5 42. Ng4
Qd7 43. Bxg6 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 c6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. c4 exd4
18. Qxd4 Bg7 19. Qd2 d5 20. Bb2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4
Nf6 23. Bd3 Rad8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Qe3 Ne6
27. Ne5 Qd6 28. Rd1 c5 29. b4 bxc4 30. Be2 Nd4 31. Bxc4 Nf3+
32. gxf3 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Bd5 34. Be2 Qd4 35. bxc5 Qxe3 36. fxe3
Rc8 37. Nd7 Be6 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Ne4 f5 40. Nf2 a5 41. e4 Bxa2
42. exf5 gxf5 43. Nd3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd1 Qh6 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. f3 Bh3
22. Qf2 g4 23. fxg4 Qg6 24. Qc2 Rae8 25. Bd2 Ne3 26. Bxe3 fxe3
27. Nc5 Qh6 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Nc5 Qg5 30. Qd3 Rf2 31. Bc2 Re7
32. Ne4 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Qg6 34. Rxe3 Kg7 35. Rae1 Rf7 36. Ng5
Rxc2 37. Qxg6+ hxg6 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rxc7 Bg2+
41. Kg1 Bd5 42. h4 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rxg3 44. g5+ Kf5 45. Kf2 Rg2+
46. Ke3 Rxb2 47. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bh4
g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Ne3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd5 Ba7 17. d4
Na5 18. Nb4 c5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc2 g4 21. Nd2 Qh4 22. O-O-O
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rac8+ 25. Kb1 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4
27. f3 h5 28. Rhg1 g3 29. hxg3 Qxg3 30. Rh1 Rfc8 31. Qd3 Rc2
32. e5 Qxg2 33. Rhg1 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 Rxa2+ 35. Kb1 Rb2+ 36. Ka1
Ra2+ 37. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nd8
12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. c3 c5 16. Nf5 Bd8
17. h3 Bb6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nh2 Rd8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 d5
22. Bh6 g6 23. Qh4 gxf5 24. exf5 f6 25. fxe6 Qe7 26. Rxe5 Bc7
27. Re1 d4 28. Qh5 c4 29. dxc4 Bc6 30. cxb5 Be8 31. Qg4+ Bg6
32. cxd4 Kh8 33. Qf3 Rg8 34. Bd2 Be8 35. Bc3 Rg5 36. d5 Kg7
37. h4 Rg6 38. Bc2 Rh6 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qg5 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7
42. Ra1 Bd6 43. Ra6 Be5 44. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. Rf3 O-O 16. Raf1 Kh8
17. Rh3 Ne7 18. e5 d5 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Qxd7 f5 21. Qxb7 Nd5
22. Nd4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. c3 Nd5 25. Ne2 f6 26. g4 fxe5
27. gxf5 exf5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bg6 Rc7 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5
e3 32. Bd3 Bxc3 33. Bxa6 Bd2 34. a4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. Kg2
Ra3 37. Rh4 Kg7 38. Be2 h6 39. Kf3 Ra1 40. Rg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Ne2 Ng4
12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Qh6 14. Qd2 f5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qc6
17. b4 Bh6 18. b5 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qg6 20. c6 Be6 21. cxb7+ Kb8
22. Rac1 Rd6 23. Rc6 Bd7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Nc3
Ne3 27. Re1 f4 28. Ne2 f3 29. gxf3 Rf8 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg3
Nf6 32. Nf4 Rf7 33. a4 Kxb7 34. Bc2 Rg7+ 35. Kf2 Kb6 36. Bb3
Ka5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. Bxd5 Bh3 39. Bc6 Rg2+ 40. Ke3 Rxh2
41. Kf4 Rc2 42. Rh1 Bc8 43. Rxh7 Kb6 44. Rh8 Be6 45. Rb8+ Ka5
46. Rb7 Rc4 47. Rxa7+ Kb6 48. Ra6+ Kc7 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Kd2
Rc4 51. Kd3 d5 52. a5 Bf5+ 53. Ke3 Rc3+ 54. Kf4 Bc8 55. Ra7+
Kd6 56. Ra8 Be6 57. a6 Rd3 58. a7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villandry Rapid"]
[Site "Villandry"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "474"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4
b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.h3 Be7 10.d4 O-O 11.d5 Na5 12.Nbd2 g6 13.b4 Nb7
14.a4 Qc7 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Bh6 Ng7 17.Ng3 f6 18.Qd2 Rfc8 19.Ra2
a5 20.Rea1 axb4 21.cxb4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Bxa4 23.Rxa4 Rxa4 24.Rxa4
cxb4 25.Rxb4 Nc5 26.Be3 Qd7 27.Rc4 Rb8 28.Bxc5 dxc5 29.Nf1 Ne8
30.Qc2 Qb5 31.N3d2 Qb2 32.Qa4 Kf7 33.Rc2 Qb4 34.Qd7 Nd6 35.Ne3
Kf8 36.Kh2 Rd8 37.Qg4 Qd4 38.Nec4 f5 39.Qe2 Nxe4 40.Nxe4 Qxe4
41.Qxe4 fxe4 42.Rd2 Bg5 43.Rd1 Rb8 44.Kg1 Rb4 45.Nxe5 c4
46.Nc6 Rb2 47.Nd4 c3 48.Re1 c2 49.Nxc2 Rxc2 50.Rxe4 Rd2 51.g3
Be7 52.Rf4+ Kg7 53.Kg2 Bc5 54.h4 Rxd5 55.Rc4 Kf6 56.Rc2 Kf5
57.Ra2 Bb4 58.Rb2 Bc3 59.Rc2 Rd3 60.Kf1 Bd4 61.Kg2 Rb3 62.Rc7
h6 63.Rf7+ Ke6 64.Rf4 Bb6 65.Rf8 Rb2 66.Rf3 g5 67.hxg5 hxg5
68.Rf8 Bc5 69.Rf3 Ra2 70.Kg1 Ra7 71.Kg2 Ke5 72.Kh3 Ra4 73.Kg2
Ra2 74.Rf7 Ke4 75.Rf3 Bd4 76.Rf8 Kd3 77.Rf5 Ke4 78.Rxg5 Rxf2+
79.Kh3 Rf8 80.Rg4+ Ke3 81.Rf4 Rg8 82.Rg4 Bg7 83.Kg2 Kd3 84.Rg6
Ke4 85.Rg5 Kd4 86.Kg1 Kd3 87.Kg2 Ke4 88.Rg4+ Kf5 89.Rf4+ Kg5
90.Kf3 Ra8 91.Rg4+ Kf6 92.Rf4+ Ke6 93.Kg2 Be5 94.Rf3 Rh8
95.Kg1 Kd5 96.Kg2 Ke4 97.Rb3 Rc8 98.Kh3 Rc2 99.Kg4 Rg2 100.Ra3
Rg1 101.Rb3 Bd6 102.Rc3 Kd4 103.Rb3 Bc5 104.Rf3 Bb4 105.Rf4+
Kc3 106.Rf3+ Kd2 107.Kf5 Ke2 108.Rb3 Bd2 109.Ke4 Ra1 110.Kf5
Be3 111.Kg4 Ra4+ 112.Kh3 Ra7 113.Rb5 Rf7 114.Kg4 Rg7+ 115.Kh3
Bf2 116.Rb3 Kf1 117.Rb1+ Be1 118.Rb3 Rh7+ 119.Kg4 Kg2 120.Kf4
Rf7+ 121.Ke4 Bxg3 122.Rb2+ Kh3 123.Rb3 Kg4 124.Kd5 Bf4 125.Ke6
Rf8 126.Rb1 Re8+ 127.Kd7 Re5 128.Rd1 Kf5 129.Kc6 Re2 130.Rd8
Rc2+ 131.Kb5 Ke6 132.Rd4 Bd6 133.Rc4 Rb2+ 134.Kc6 Rb8 135.Rh4
Rc8+ 136.Kb7 Rc1 137.Kb6 Bf8 138.Kb5 Rc5+ 139.Kb6 Rc1 140.Kb5
Bd6 141.Rc4 Ra1 142.Kc6 Be5 143.Rc2 Ra8 144.Rc4 Rd8 145.Rc5
Bd4 146.Rc4 Rd6+ 147.Kc7 Rd7+ 148.Kc6 Be5 149.Rc5 Rd6+ 150.Kb5
Rd8 151.Kc6 Bd4 152.Rc4 Ke5 153.Kc7 Rh8 154.Kc6 Rh6+ 155.Kb7
Kd5 156.Rc7 Rb6+ 157.Kc8 Be5 158.Rb7 Rh6 159.Kd7 Bd6 160.Rb5+
Bc5 161.Rb7 Re6 162.Rc7 Bb6 163.Rb7 Rh6 164.Kc8 Ba5 165.Kd7
Kc5 166.Kc8 Rd6 167.Rd7 Rg6 168.Rb7 Bd2 169.Kd7 Bf4 170.Kc8
Kd5 171.Kd7 Rg7+ 172.Kc8 Rg1 173.Kd7 Bd6 174.Rb5+ Bc5 175.Rb7
Rd1 176.Kc8 Ke6 177.Kc7 Rc1 178.Kc6 Bd6+ 179.Kb5 Kd5 180.Rb6
Bc5 181.Rb7 Kd6 182.Ka6 Ra1+ 183.Kb5 Kd5 184.Rd7+ Bd6 185.Rb7
Rh1 186.Rb6 Bc7 187.Rb7 Rc1 188.Ka6 Kd6 189.Kb5 Rb1+ 190.Ka6
Ra1+ 191.Kb5 Bb8 192.Kb6 Bc7+ 193.Kb5 Ra5+ 194.Kb4 Rh5 195.Kc4
Kc6 196.Rb3 Rh4+ 197.Kd3 Ba5 198.Rb8 Kc5 199.Rg8 Rd4+ 200.Ke3
Bd2+ 201.Kf3 Rd7 202.Rg4 Kd5 203.Ke2 Ke5 204.Kf3 Bh6 205.Ra4
Rd5 206.Rh4 Bg5 207.Ra4 Rd3+ 208.Ke2 Re3+ 209.Kf2 Rb3 210.Ke2
Be3 211.Ra8 Bd4 212.Re8+ Kf4 213.Kd2 Be5 214.Kc2 Rc3+ 215.Kd2
Rc7 216.Kd3 Rd7+ 217.Kc4 Ke4 218.Kb5 Kd5 219.Rc8 Rb7+ 220.Ka6
Rb1 221.Rc2 Bd6 222.Rc8 Bc5 223.Rd8+ Kc4 224.Rc8 Rb2 225.Rc6
Kd5 226.Rc8 Rb6+ 227.Ka7 Kd6 228.Rb8 Rb1+ 229.Ka8 Ra1+ 230.Kb7
Ra7+ 231.Kc8 Rh7 232.Rb1 Kc6 233.Rd1 Be3 234.Kd8 Bc5 235.Kc8
Ra7 236.Kb8 Ra2 237.Rc1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Masha Klinova"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. a4 Rb8 10. c3 h6 11. d4 Re8 12. axb5
Rxb5 13. d5 Na5 14. Ba4 Nb7 15. c4 Rb6 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Nc3
Nc5 18. Be3 Rxb2 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nxe5 Rb4 21. Nc6 Rxc4
22. Qd3 Rb4 23. e5 Nh7 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. Ne4 Bf8 26. d6 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Bd6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 d4
12. Nb5 e5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. a3 a5 16. Re1 Rfe8
17. Qd2 h6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Re6 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Qf4
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne5 23. Bc2 Qe7 24. Qd2 a4 25. f3 axb3 26. Bxb3
Ba6 27. Qe2 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 29. Qf1 Qc3 30. Ba2 Qc2 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Ba7 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Bd5 Bd7 13. Ra6 Bb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Na3 Nxd5 16. exd5
Nxd4 17. cxd4 e4 18. Nd2 Bxd4 19. Nxe4 Bxb2 20. Nc2 f5 21. Nd2
Qxd5 22. Nb4 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qc2 Bd4
26. Qd3 Ba7 27. Qf3 h6 28. Bf4 Bd4 29. Qa8 Kf8 30. Nd5 Bc5
31. Nb3 Qe6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Nxc7 Qe5 34. Qxe8+ Qxe8 35. Nxe8
Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Kxe8 37. Nd4 g6 38. Nxb5 Ke7 39. Ke3 Ke6
40. Kd4 g5 41. Nc3 h5 42. Nd5 h4 43. Nc3 Kf7 44. Kd5 Kf6
45. Ne2 f4 46. Ke4 Kg6 47. h3 Kf6 48. Nd4 d5+ 49. Kxd5 g4
50. Ke4 f3 51. Nxf3 gxf3 52. gxf3 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 Ne7 11. Ne3 Bh5
12. d4 O-O-O 13. Nf1 exd4 14. Rxd4 Re8 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Nxe6
c5 17. Rd2 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nc6 19. Nxf8 Rhxf8 20. Re2 Ne5 21. b3
Rf7 22. Be3 b6 23. Rd1 Rfe7 24. f3 Nf7 25. Kf2 Kb7 26. Bf4 g5
27. Bc1 c4 28. bxc4 c5 29. f4 Kc6 30. Rde1 Nd6 31. fxg5 fxg5
32. Bxg5 Rxe4 33. g4 Rf8+ 34. Kg3 Rxc4 35. Be7 Rg8 36. Re6
Rxc3+ 37. Kh4 Rd3 38. Rh6 Rg6 39. Rxg6 hxg6 40. Kg5 Rd4 41. h4
Kd5 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Rd2 44. Rh1 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Ke3
Rf7 47. Bd8 Ng3 48. Rh3 Nf5+ 49. Kf4 Nd4+ 50. Kg5 Ne6+ 51. Kg6
Rf8 52. Bf6 Nf4+ 53. Kg7 Ne6+ 54. Kg6 Nf4+ 55. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "194"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O Nge7 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ba3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bb4
12. Bxb4 Ncxb4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bb5 Nde7 15. Rab1 O-O 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Rb7 a5 18. Rc1 Ra6 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Qc5 Ng6 21. Ra7
Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Nf4 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qxa5 Qg4 25. g3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2
f5 27. Re5 f4 28. Qc3 Ng5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Nf3
Qg6 32. Ne5 f3+ 33. Nxf3 Qe4 34. h3 h5 35. Qb3 Kh8 36. Qe3
Qxe3 37. fxe3 Ra8 38. Ng5 Ra3 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. Ne6 c6 41. Nf4
Ra3 42. Ke2 Kh7 43. Nxh5 Kg6 44. Nf4+ Kf5 45. Nd3 Ra2+ 46. Kf3
Rc2 47. Nf2 Rc3 48. Ke2 c5 49. dxc5 Rxc5 50. Nd3 Rc2+ 51. Kf3
Rc3 52. Ke2 Ra3 53. g4+ Ke4 54. Nf2+ Ke5 55. Nd3+ Kd6 56. h4
d4 57. exd4 Kd5 58. Nf4+ Ke4 59. Ne6 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 Ra7 61. Kf2
Re7 62. d5 Kxd5 63. Ng5 Ra7 64. Kg3 Ra3+ 65. Kf4 Ra4+ 66. Kg3
Ra3+ 67. Kf4 Kd6 68. Nf3 Ke6 69. Kg3 Kf6 70. Kf4 g6 71. Kg3
Ke6 72. Kf4 Ra4+ 73. Kg3 Kf6 74. Kh3 Ke6 75. Kg3 Kd5 76. h5
gxh5 77. gxh5 Ke6 78. h6 Kf5 79. h7 Ra8 80. Nd4+ Ke5 81. Nf3+
Kf6 82. Kf4 Kg6 83. Ke4 Kxh7 84. Ne5 Kg7 85. Nf3 Kf6 86. Nd4
Rd8 87. Nc6 Re8+ 88. Kd5 Re1 89. Nd4 Re5+ 90. Kc4 Rh5 91. Kd3
Ke5 92. Nf3+ Kd5 93. Ke3 Rf5 94. Nd2 Re5+ 95. Kd3 Re8 96. Nf3
Re4 97. Nd2 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7
12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Bd3 Na7
17. Rf2 Ba4 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Bc2 Ba4 21. Bd3 Bb5
22. Ne1 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Nf3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb5 26. Qb1
Rff8 27. e4 Nc6 28. Qe1 Bf6 29. Rc1 Rcd8 30. Qe3 dxe4 31. Qxe4
Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4
36. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhaoqin Peng"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Bd7 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5
12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Bc6 15. Rh4 a6 16. O-O-O b5
17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Ne5 Ke7 19. f4 Rd6 20. f5 Rhd8 21. Rd4 Be8
22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Be8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Re1
Bc6 27. Nf3 Bd5 28. Nd4 Kd8 29. g4 Kc8 30. Qe5 Rd7 31. g5 hxg5
32. Nxe6 Qd6 33. Nd4 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Kc7 35. Rxg5 Kb6 36. Kc2 b4
37. a4 bxa3 38. bxa3 Rc7 39. g3 Ne4 40. Rg6+ Ka7 41. Rxa6+ Kb7
42. Nb5 Rc5 43. Nd6+ Nxd6 44. Rxd6 Bc6 45. Rg6 Ba4+ 46. Kd2
Rc7 47. c4 Re7 48. Kc3 Be8 49. Rg5 Kc6 50. a4 Kd6 51. a5 Bc6
52. Rg6+ Kc5 53. Rg5+ Kd6 54. Kd4 Rd7 55. Rg6+ Kc7+ 56. Kc5
Bf3 57. Bf5 Re7 58. Re6 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d4 Nxe4 10. dxe5 Be6 11. Nd4 Nxd4
12. cxd4 Bb4 13. f3 Ng5 14. h4 Nh3+ 15. gxh3 Qxh4 16. Re2 f6
17. Bd2 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Qd4 Qg3+ 21. Rg2
Qd6 22. Rd1 c5 23. Qh4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rd7 25. Bc2 f5 26. Bf4
Qc6 27. Be5 Rff7 28. Qh6 d4 29. cxd4 Qd5 30. Qf4 c4 31. Kh2
Kf8 32. Rdg1 Qc6 33. Bxg7+ Rxg7 34. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktoriya Tarasova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O
12. Bg2 Nc6 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qd3 Qe5 15. Rb1 d5 16. c5 Qh5
17. f4 e5 18. Bf3 Qh3 19. Bxd5 exf4 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Qb3 Nd4
22. Qc4 Nc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxd5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Rxf4 Qg2 0-1

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Samy Shoker"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Be3 a6 6. Nf3 Nd7
7. a4 b6 8. d5 Ngf6 9. Nd4 O-O 10. f3 Qe8 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Bc4
Bb7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bb3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Nfd7 16. Ba2 c5 17. dxc6
Nxc6 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Bc4 e6 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. Bxa6 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Rxb2 26. Ne2
Be5 27. f4 Bg7 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ng3 Ra8 30. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.30"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pierre Carpentier"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 d4 5. Nce2 e5 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. f4 h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 h4 11. g4 exf4
12. Nxf4 Bd6 13. O-O Be5 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Bg2 Nge7 16. a3 Nxd5
17. exd5 Ne7 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. c4 dxc3 21. Bxc3 O-O
22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qe4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxd5 25. Qxd5+ Nxd5
26. Re1 Nf4 27. Rxe5 Rxd3 28. Bxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2+ 30. Kh1
Rxb2 31. Be4 Re2 32. Bd5+ Kh7 33. Rxe2 Nxe2 34. Bc4 Nf4
35. Bf1 Kg6 36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke5 38. Ke3 g5 39. a4 a5
40. Kd2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yuniesky Quesada Perez"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. b3 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Rg8
17. Be5 d6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. c4 e5
22. Rad1 Kf7 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Rfe1 h5 25. Qd2 Qc8 26. Qc3 h4
27. Qh3 Rh8 28. Bd3 Rh5 29. f4 Qe6 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Qe3 e4
32. Be2 Rh8 33. Qxc5 Rc6 34. Qe3 Qe5 35. Rf1 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5
37. b4 Re5 38. Rd6 Rb8 39. a3 a5 40. b5 Ke7 41. Ra6 Rd8
42. Rxa5 Rd2 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Re1 f4 45. Bf1 Rg5 46. Ra6+ Kf7
47. Rxf6+ Kxf6 48. Rxe4 Kf5 49. Re2 Rd3 50. Ra2 Rb3 51. a4 Ke4
52. a5 Kd4 53. a6 Rg8 54. Kf2 Kc5 55. a7 Ra8 56. Be2 1-0

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Kh8 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Ne4 Bh3 21. Bxf4 Bxf1
22. Bxd6 Bc4 23. Be5+ f6 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Bxf6+ Kg8 26. Re5
h6 27. Re7 Bxb3 28. axb3 Kf8 29. Rh7 Re8 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Rxh6
Qf7 32. Be5 Qxb3 33. Rxc6 Qxb2 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Ke7
36. Raxa6 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 g4+ 39. Kxg4 Rg8+ 40. Rg6
Rxg6+ 41. Rxg6 Qxc3 42. h4 b4 43. h5 b3 44. Rg7+ Ke6 45. h6 b2
46. h7 Qc8 47. Rg8 b1=Q 48. Rxc8 Qf5+ 49. Kh4 Qxh7+ 50. Kg5
Qf5+ 51. Kh6 Qxf3 52. Rd8 Ke7 53. Rd6 Qf8+ 54. Kg5 Qg8+
55. Rg6 Qa2 56. Rf6 Qg8+ 57. Kf4 Qa2 58. g4 Qc4 59. Kg5 Qg8+
60. Rg6 Qc4 61. Kh6 Kf7 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Bd6+ Ke8 64. Re7+ Kd8
65. Bc5 Qg8 66. g5 Qh8+ 67. Rh7 Qg8 68. g6 Qe6 69. Rf7 Qh3+
70. Kg7 Qg2 71. Re7 Qg4 72. Re5 Kd7 73. Re3 Kc6 74. Re5 Kd7
75. d5 Qc4 76. Be7 Qc8 77. Bf6 Kd6 78. Kf7 Qb7+ 79. Kf8 Qc8+
80. Re8 Qf5 81. Re6+ Kd7 82. g7 Qxd5 83. Re7+ Kd6 84. g8=Q Qf5
85. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bg4 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3
Rb8 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Bc4 Na7 15. d4 Nb5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. h3 Bh5
18. Be2 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. dxc5 Bf6 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2
dxc5 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Re3 Nf8 26. e5 Bg6 27. Ne4
Ne6 28. Qc1 Nbd4 29. Nd6 Bxd3 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Nxe8 Rxe8
32. Qd1 c4 33. Qa4 Qc6 34. f4 g6 35. g4 Kf8 36. f5 Ke7 37. Kh2
Rg8 38. e6 f6 39. Ra2 0-1

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Romieux"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qf3 b4 11. Nce2 Nd7
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qh5 Nc5 14. f5 O-O-O 15. fxe6 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3
Bxe4 17. Kb1 Kb7 18. exf7 Rc8 19. Rc1 d5 20. Re3 Qe5 21. Qxe5
fxe5 22. Ne6 Bh6 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Rd1 Rc6 25. Nd8+ Rxd8
26. Rxd8 Rf6 27. c3 Rxf7 28. Kc2 Rf2 29. Kd1 b3 30. axb3 Rf1+
31. Kc2 Re1 32. Rd2 e3 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Be6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Rc1 f5 11. a3 a6 12. Na4
Nd7 13. b4 Qe8 14. Bc3 Qg6 15. Bb2 e4 16. Ne1 Qf7 17. dxe4
fxe4 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. g3 Nde5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc5 Bh3
22. Nxb7 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Ng4 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Rc2 Bg5 26. Nc5
Nxf2 27. Ne6 Bxe3 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Kg2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Tregubov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Ne5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc7 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. f4 d4 18. exd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd4 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Kg1
Ne3 22. Rd3 f6 23. Nd6 fxe5 24. fxe5 Qe6 25. b3 Rd7 26. Nc4
Nxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qe2 Rdf7 29. e6 Re7 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Rf3
Rde8 32. Rf6 gxf6 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qxh6+ Rh7 35. Qxf6+ Rg7
36. Re5 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Kg8 39. e7 Rh7+ 40. Kg4 Qd1+
41. Kg5 Rg7+ 42. Kh6 Qd2+ 43. Kh5 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Nc6
7. O-O Nb4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1+ Ke8 14. Nd4 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Nxc2 17. Rac1 Nb4 18. Rc4 Nd5 19. b3 Kd7 20. Bb2 Rhc8 21. Rd2
Rc6 22. Rxe4 Rac8 23. Kf1 Ra6 24. a3 Rb6 25. Rd3 Ke8 26. g3 h6
27. Ke1 Kf8 28. Kd1 Rbc6 29. h4 h5 30. Rdd4 b5 31. Rd2 Kg8
32. Red4 Kh7 33. R4d3 Kg6 34. Rd4 Kf5 35. R4d3 a6 36. Rf3+ Kg6
37. Rfd3 a5 38. Rd4 Kf5 39. R4d3 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Rf3+ Kg6
42. Rfd3 R8c7 43. Rd4 Kf5 44. R4d3 Kg4 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Kd1 Rc5
47. Rf3+ Kg6 48. Rd4 Ra5 49. g4 Ra2 50. gxh5+ Kxh5 51. Bc1
Nc3+ 52. Ke1 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be2 h5 11. O-O-O Bd7
12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. Rf3 Kb8 15. Nb3 Na5 16. Nxa5
Qxa5 17. Rh3 Rdg8 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qe1 Qc5 20. Qe2 b5 21. a3 h4
22. Qd2 Bc6 23. f5 Bb7 24. Ne2 Qe5 25. Nf4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4
27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Qf2 Kb7 29. Re3 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qxe3 31. Rc1
Rb8 32. Qc7+ Ka8 33. Qxe7 Qxf4 34. Qxe6 Qe5 35. Qd7 Rb7
36. Qc6 Ka7 37. Rd1 Qf5+ 38. Ka1 Rd7 39. Rc1 Qe6 40. Qc8 Qe7
41. Rc6 Rb7 42. Qg4 Qe1+ 43. Ka2 Qe5 44. Qf3 Qd4 45. Rc3 b4
46. axb4 Qxb4 47. Qf2+ Kb8 48. Qc2 d5 49. Rc8+ Ka7 50. Rc3 d4
51. Ra3 Qb5 52. Qd2 Qc4+ 53. Kb1 Re7 54. Rf3 Re2 55. Qd1 Re6
56. Rd3 Rd6 57. Qe2 Rb6 58. Qd2 Rd6 59. Qe2 Rd7 60. b3 Qc5
61. Kb2 f5 62. Qf2 Qe5 63. g3 h3 64. Qf4 Qe4 65. Qd2 Qg2
66. Ka3 Qxd2 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6
7. g4 e5 8. Nde2 Be6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7
17. g5 f6 18. g6 hxg6 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Nc6 Naxc6
22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Qg4 Nd8 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Qxg6 Qc3 26. Qh5
1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Na5 9. Ba2 d5 10. d4 dxe4 11. Nxe5 Bb7
12. Bg5 c5 13. c3 b4 14. Be3 Nd5 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Nc3 Nxa2
17. Rxa2 f6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Ne5 f4 20. Bd2 e3 21. fxe3 cxd4
22. exd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bh4 26. Re2
Nc4 27. Ne4 Qd3 28. Qf1 Rde8 29. b3 Rxe4 30. fxe4 f3 31. Rf2
Qxb3 32. Bc1 Bxf2 33. Rxf2 Ne5 34. Bg5 Ng4 35. Rd2 f2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Atousa Pourkashiyan"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O
Nc6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4 9. Re1 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Rb1 Rb8
12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 O-O 14. Qf3 Rfe8 15. Rbd1 Ne7 16. c4 Qc6
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qg3 Ng6 19. h4 h5 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 Bxa2
22. Bf6 gxf6 23. Bxg6 fxe5 24. Rd7 Kh8 25. Qg5 Qf8 26. Qxh5+
Kg7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. fxe5+ Rxe5 29. Rf1+ Ke6 30. Rfxf7 1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atousa Pourkashiyan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. f4 Nxc4 6. dxc4
Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Bd2 exf4 9. Nge2 Ng4 10. Nxf4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qd8
12. h3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rf1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qg5
17. Qf2 O-O-O 18. Bd2 Qg6 19. O-O-O b6 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. g4 Rdf8
22. Kb1 Kb7 23. Bc3 e5 24. Rf5 Qe8 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Rdf1 g6
27. R5f3 Rxf3 28. Qxf3 Qc6 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Qf6 Qe8 31. Bh6 Rg8
32. h4 Nc5 33. b3 Qd7 34. Qf3 Ne6 35. Qf6 Re8 36. c3 Re7
37. Rf1 Nd8 38. Qh8 Nf7 39. Qxh7 Nxh6 40. Qxh6 Qxg4 41. Rf6
Qxe4+ 42. Kb2 Qe2+ 43. Ka3 e4 44. Rxg6 Re5 45. Rg5 Qd2 46. Qg6
Qc1+ 47. Ka4 Qb2 48. a3 Qxc3 49. Rxe5 Qxe5 50. b4 e3 51. Qg2+
d5 52. cxd5 e2 53. d6+ c6 54. Qg4 Qb5+ 55. Kb3 Qd3+ 56. Kb2
e1=Q 57. Qd7+ Ka6 58. Qc8+ Kb5 59. a4+ Kxb4 60. Qg4+ Qee4 0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Na5
12. Ba2 d5 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bd2 b4 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5
17. b3 Rad8 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Nd2 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Qf3 g6
22. e4 Qc6 23. Rf1 Rd7 24. Qg4 Re6 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. dxc4 Rd2
27. Rf3 Rf6 28. Raf1 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Qd7 30. h3 Rxc2 31. Rd1
Bc5+ 32. Kh2 Rd2 33. Rxd2 Qxd2 34. Ne2 Be3 35. h4 h5 36. g3
Qd3 37. g4 Qxb3 38. Kg2 hxg4 39. Qxg4 Qxc4 40. h5 Kg7 41. Ng3
Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Bf4 43. hxg6 Qd3 44. gxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qh5+ Ke7
46. Qh4+ Kd7 47. Qg4+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. Rea1 Qc7 22.Bh6 Be7
23. Rf1 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nh2 Bh4 27. Nxh5
gxh5 28.Qe2 f6 29. Qxh5 Bg5 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Bxg5 fxg5
32. Qh6+ Qh7 33. Qxd6 Nbd7 34.Ng4 Qg7 35. Rb1 Kh7 36. Qc7 Qh8
37. b4 cxb3 38. Bxb3 Qb8 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. Bc2 Ba6 41. g3 Kg7
42. f3 Nb7 43. Bd3 Nbc5 44. Bc2 Rb6 45. Kf2 Na4 46. Nxe5 Nxe5
47. Bxa4 Rh6 48. Bd1 Rxh3 49. Ra1 Rh6 50. Be2 Rb6 51. Ke3 Kf7
52. Kd4 Nd7 53.e5 Nb8 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4 b4 56. e6+ Ke7
57. Bxa6 Nxa6 58. cxb4 Kd6 59. e7 Kxe7 60. Re1+ Kd7 61. f5
Nxb4 62. Rh1 Rd6 63. Rh7+ Kd8 64. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g4 Nh4
17. Bxc4 Be7 18. Bb3 g5 19. f5 Nxe5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bd4 Nhf3
22. Bxe6 Rd8 23. Bd5 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 h5 25. gxh5 Rxh5 26. Re1 g4
27. Re2 Kf8 28. Kc2 b5 29. Rf4+ Kg7 30. Bb7 Rdh8 31. Kb1 R8h6
32. Nd5 Bd6 33. Ne3 Kh8 34. Nxg4 Rh4 35. h3 Nxg4 36. Rxg4 Rxg4
37. hxg4 a5 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Bc7 40. Bd5 Kf6 41. Rg8 Rg6
42. Rf8+ Ke5 43. Bf3 Rf6 44. Re8+ Kf4 45. Be2 b4 46. b3 Be5
47. Kc2 Rc6+ 48. Kd3 Rd6+ 49. Kc2 Rc6+ 50. Kd3 Rd6+ 51. Kc4
Rd2 52. Bd3 Bf6 53. Rf8 Kg5 54. Rg8+ Kf4 55. Rf8 Kg5 56. Rg8+
Kf4 57. Bb1 Rb2 58. Bf5 Rxa2 59. Ra8 Ra1 60. Kd5 Re1 61. Be6
Be7 62. Bf5 Re3 63. Re8 Bf6 64. Rf8 Kg5 65. Rg8+ Kf4 66. Rf8
Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3
Nc6 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bh7+ Kg7 15. Bd3 b6 16. cxb6 d4 17. exd4
Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Re8+ 19. Kd1 Bf5 20. Qd2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxb6
22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qa3 Rc2 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Qe3 Qxb2 26. Rc1 Re8
0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 f6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 fxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7
12. h4 Bd7 13. b4 a6 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Qd2 Kb8 16. c3 Rdf8
17. Qe3 Na7 18. a4 c5 19. bxc5 Rc8 20. Rb1 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5
22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. Kd2 Bxa4 24. Rb4 Bd7 25. Rhb1 Bc8 26. Nd4 Re8
27. f4 Ree7 28. Rb6 h6 29. g3 Re8 30. Rd6 Ree7 31. Bf1 Bd7
32. Bh3 Nc8 33. Bxe6 Nxd6 34. exd6 Bxe6 35. dxe7 Bd7 36. Nf5
1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1
O-O 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bb8 15. h3 Qe7 16. Nc4 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Nc5 18. f4 Ba7 19. Kh2 Be4 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Qb7 22. Bxe4
Nfxe4 23. Qe2 Bb8 24. Nc4 f6 25. Rc2 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Nf5
Kh8 28. Kg1 Nc3 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Rcf2 Nd3 31. Nfd6 Bxd6
32. Nxd6 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Qd5 34. Nxc8 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3
Qe1+ 37. Kf3 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kf3 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7
13. d4 Qc7 14. d5 c4 15. Nbd2 Nb7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. g4 h5
18. N3h2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qc8 20. f3 Nh7 21. Ng3 Bg5 22. Nf5 Qd8
23. Kg2 g6 24. Ng3 Kg7 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Nhf1 Qf6 27. Be3 Bxe3
28. Nxe3 Ng5 29. Qe2 Rag8 30. Raf1 Qf4 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Rh1
Rxh1 33. Nxh1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qf2 d2 36. Ng3 Nxf3
37. Qxf3 Bxg4 38. Qf2 d1=Q 39. Nxd1 Bxd1 40. Qe1 Bf3+ 41. Kg1
f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Qf2 Kg6 44. b3 e4 45. c4 bxc4 46. bxc4
Qg5 47. c5 f4 48. cxd6 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O
Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bc5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Be5
f6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd5 Qc7 21. g3
g5 22. Rhd1 Ng7 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 f5 26. f3
Re8 27. Re1 h5 28. Qe3 g4 29. fxg4 e4 30. Be2 hxg4 31. Qxa7 b6
32. Qa3 Rd8 33. Qb4 Ne6 34. Nc4 b5 35. Ne3 Nd4 36. c4 Qd6
37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. cxb5 Nxe2 39. bxc6 Nd4 40. Rf1 Kc7 41. Nxf5
Nxf5 42. Rxf5 Kxc6 43. Re5 Rd4 44. Kc1 Kd6 45. Re8 Kd7 46. Rf8
Ke6 47. Rf4 Ke5 48. Rxg4 Rd8 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Rc5 e3 51. Rc2
Kf5 52. a4 Ke4 53. Rc4+ Kd3 54. Rc3+ Ke4 55. Rc4+ Kd3 56. Rc3+
Ke4 57. Rc4+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4
12. Nd2 Re8 13. c3 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 c5 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 f6
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. c4 Qd7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qg3 g5 21. Be3 Rac8
22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bd6 24. Rec1 Kf7 25. Nd2 Be5 26. Rc2 Be6
27. Ne4 c4 28. dxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. b3 cxb3
32. axb3 Rxb3 33. Bd4 Bxg4 34. f3 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Be6 36. Rd6
a5 37. Nc5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Ra6 Rb5 40. Ne4 Bxe4 41. fxe4
Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Kg3 a4 44. Kf3 a3 45. Kg3 Ra1 46. Kh2 a2
47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Kh2 Kd7 49. Kg3 Kc7 50. Kh2 Kb7 51. Ra3 Kb6
52. Ra8 Kb5 53. Rb8+ Kc4 54. Ra8 Kd4 55. Ra4+ Kd3 56. Kg3 Ke3
57. Kh2 Kf4 58. e5+ Kxe5 59. g4 Kd5 60. Kg2 Kc5 61. Ra8 Kb4
62. Ra6 Kc4 63. Ra3 Kd4 64. Ra6 Ke5 65. Ra4 Ke6 66. Ra8 Ke5
67. Ra4 Re1 68. Rxa2 Kf4 69. Rf2+ Kxg4 70. Rxf6 Re2+ 71. Kg1
Kg3 72. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. a4 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3
b6 13. Qe1 Bc8 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. f5 Kh8 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. fxe6
fxe6 18. Qh3 Bd8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rc4 Qb8 22. Rd1
b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Rh4 e4 27. Be2
Bc8 28. Qg3 Ba6 29. c4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Bb6 31. Bf4 Qa7 32. Bxd6
Bf2 33. Qf4 Nd5 34. Qc1 Rc8 35. Qd2 Rfd8 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7
37. Qxd5 Qe3 38. Bg4 Ra8 39. Qe6 Kh8 40. Qe7 Qh6 41. h3 Qg6
42. Qe5 Bb6 43. Bh5 Qh6 44. Bg4 e3 45. Qe4 Qf6 46. Rd5 Ra1+
47. Kh2 Qxd6+ 48. Rxd6 Bc7 49. Qf5 Bxd6+ 50. g3 Kg8 51. Qd5+
Kf8 52. Qf5+ Ke7 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Kg8 55. Qd5+ Kf8
56. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joanna Dworakowska"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 h6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Ba2
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. d3 Nb6 15. c4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. c5
dxc5 18. Nxe5 Bd5 19. Qg4 Bg5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. h4 Bxc1
22. Raxc1 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qd6 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Rac8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Qe3 Re8 28. f4 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. c4 Nc5 8. cxd5 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Re8
12. Rfe1 Bh5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Qg3 Nb6 15. d6 cxd6 16. exd6 Bf6
17. Ndb5 Qd7 18. Nc7 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Be5 Bd8 21. b3 a6
22. h3 Na8 23. Bf4 Nxc7 24. dxc7 Bf6 25. Na4 Bd4 26. Be3 b5
27. Nb6 f6 28. Qf3 Bf7 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Qh5 Be8 31. Qc5 Kf7
32. h4 Kg6 33. g4 f5 34. Bh6 gxh6 35. Qc2 Bd7 36. Qd3 Rxc7
37. gxf5+ Qxf5 38. Qxf5+ Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Rd1 b6
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. e4 Bxd5 16. Qxd5
Rad8 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Qf5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc6 20. e5 Qe4
21. Qxe4 Ne4 22. Be3 h6 23. Kf1 Re8 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Rd7 Re7
26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Rd7 f6 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Rd6 b5 30. axb5 axb5
31. Kf1 Ra8 32. b3 Ra3 33. g3 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Kh3 Rb2
36. Rxc6 Kf7 37. Ra6 Rxf2 38. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tania Sachdev"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. f4 d6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. g5
Nd7 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Kb1 d5 15. h4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. h5 Qa8
18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. g6 f5 21. exf5 d4 22. Be4 dxc3
23. Bxb7 Qd8 24. Ne4 cxb2 25. Rcd1 Qa5 26. a3 Nxc2 27. Nxc5
Nxa3+ 28. Kxb2 Nc4+ 29. Kb1 Na3+ 30. Kc1 Bxc5 31. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. c3 d5
7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. a4 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. exd4 Qc7 13. Qe2 b6 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Ne7
17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 Be7 19. g4 Nd6 20. Bg3 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nc4
22. Nf3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 Nb6 25. Rbc1 Ra3 26. Nd2 Ba6
27. Bf4 Ra2 28. Qe3 b4 29. c4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Ra3 31. Qe4 Rxd3
32. Qxd3 Nd5 33. Ra1 Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Bg5 35. Rff1 Bb7 36. Nf3
Qc6 37. Rab1 Be7 38. Rbd1 Rc8 39. d5 exd5 40. cxd5 Bc5+
41. Kg2 Qa4 42. Rd2 b3 43. Qf5 Rd8 44. e6 fxe6 45. Qxe6+ Kh8
46. Nh4 Qc4 47. Ng6+ Kh7 48. Nf4 Rf8 49. g5 hxg5 50. Qh3+ Kg8
51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qg6+ Kg8 53. Qxg5 Qe4+ 54. Kg3 Qe3+ 55. Rf3
Qxd2 56. h4 Bd6 57. h5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 d5 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 dxe4
12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Nf1 Bb6 15. Ng3 Qc5 16. Nh4 Ne7
17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Nhf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qe7 21. Qf3
Rd6 22. Be3 Ng5 23. Qe2 Ne6 24. Bb3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rad1
Red8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Qc5 30. Bb3 g6
31. Qf3 g5 32. g3 Qe5 33. Qh5 Qf6 34. e5 Qg7 35. e6 fxe6
36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Qxe6 f3 40. Kf1
Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Qe6 Kg7 43. Bc2 Qd6 44. Qg4+ Kf8
45. Qxf3+ Ke7 46. Qe4+ Qe6 47. Qh7+ Kd6 48. Qd3+ Qd5 49. Qg3+
Qe5 50. Qg6+ Qe6 51. Qd3+ Qd5 52. Qg3+ Qe5 53. Qf3 Qd5
54. Qf6+ Qe6 55. Qf4+ Ke7 56. Qh4+ Qf6 57. Qe4+ Qe6 58. Qh4+
Qf6 59. Qe4+ Qe6 60. Qf3 Qf6 61. Qe4+ Qe6 62. Qf3 Qf6
63. Qxf6+ Kxf6 64. Be4 c6 65. Ke2 Ke5 66. f3 Kf4 67. h4 Kg3
68. h5 Kf4 69. Kd3 Bc5 70. Kc4 Be3 71. Kd3 a5 72. a4 Bc5
73. Kc4 Be3 74. b4 Bb6 75. b5 cxb5+ 76. Kxb5 Bc7 77. Bxb7 Kg5
78. c4 Kxh5 79. c5 Kg5 80. Kc6 Bf4 81. Bc8 Be3 82. Kd6 Bf4+
83. Kd7 h5 84. c6 h4 85. Kd8 Be3 86. c7 Bb6 87. Be6 Kf6
88. Bh3 Ke5 89. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. b3 Bg5 16. Qd3 Ne7
17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 f5 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 fxe4 21. Bxe4 g6
22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rfa1 Rf8 26. b4 a4
27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Qc8 29. h3 Qc4 30. Qd2 Rf7 31. Ra8+ Kg7
32. Rd8 Qc7 33. Re8 Qc4 34. Re6 Rb7 35. Rxd6 Qxb4 36. Rd7+ Kg8
37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Qxb4 Rxb4 40. Re7 e4 41. d6 Rb8
42. d7 Kf8 43. Rxh7 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rd1 45. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O-O
12. Bh4 Na5 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Bf2 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Rb4 d5
17. Bb6 Qc6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd4 Bg4 21. Qg3
Bc5 22. Rd3 d4 23. Nd1 Bf5 24. Qxg7 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Rg8 26. Qxf7
Rxg2 27. Re1 Nd7 28. Be4 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shen Yang"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5
12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Bd6 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Bxc3+ 17. Ke2 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Nxc5 20. Qb5 Qxb5+
21. Nxb5 Rfc8 22. Nc7 Ne4 23. Be5 f6 24. Nxa8 fxe5 25. f3 Nf6
26. Rb1 b6 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Kf7 29. Kd3 Ra8 30. Rb2 Ra3+
31. Ke2 e4 32. h3 Ke6 33. Kd2 Nd7 34. Rc2 Ne5 35. Ke2 Nc4
36. fxe4 Rxe3+ 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. a4 Na5 39. Ra2 Ke5 40. Kf3 h5
41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 d4 43. Rc2 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Rc3 45. Rb2 Nc4
46. Rb5+ Ke4 47. a5 Rc2+ 48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Rxg5 Ke3 50. Kf1 d3
51. Rd5 Rxa5 52. Rd8 Ra1+ 53. Kg2 d2 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6
7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7
12. Rac1 Rad8 13. Bb1 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Nb3 a5 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Nbd2 a4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nb4 20. Bb1 Bd6 21. h3
Qc6 22. a3 Na6 23. Qc2 f5 24. Qc3 Bf8 25. Bc2 Nc7 26. Qe5 Na8
27. Bc3 Nb6 28. Ba5 Nxc4 29. Qc3 Nxa5 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Qc3 Be7
32. Qe5 Bf6 33. Qf4 g5 34. Qc4 Kg7 35. Rd2 Re7 36. Rcd1 Ba6
37. Bxa4 Bxc4 38. Bxc6 Rxa3 39. Rc1 Ba6 40. Rxc5 Ra1+ 41. Kh2
Bb7 42. Bxb7 Rxb7 43. Rdc2 Re7 44. Rc7 Ra7 45. Rxe7+ Rxe7
46. Rc6 e5 47. g4 e4 48. Nd2 Be5+ 49. Kg2 fxg4 50. hxg4 Bf6
51. Rc4 Rf7 52. Nxe4 Be5 53. Rc5 Bb8 54. Rb5 Ba7 55. Nd6 Rd7
56. Nf5+ Kg6 57. Ra5 Kh7 58. Ra6 Bb8 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Li Ruofan"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. a3
Bb7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. f5 Nbd7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh3 c4 20. Be2 O-O 21. Be3 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. O-O-O Rf7 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Rhe1 a5 26. Qe3 b4
27. Nb1 Bxe4 28. Rd4 Bf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxc4 bxa3 31. Nxa3
Rb8 32. b3 Qd6 33. Rd1 Qf8 34. Nb1 Rc8 35. h4 Rf3 36. Qe5 Qf5
37. Qxf5 Rxf5 38. Nc3 Re8 39. Na4 Nxa4 40. Rxa4 Rc5 41. Re1 e5
42. Kb2 Rec8 43. Re2 Kf7 44. Ra1 Ke6 45. Rf1 Rb5 46. Rf6+ Kd5
47. Ra6 e4 48. Ra7 Re8 49. Rd7+ Kc6 50. Rxh7 Re6 51. Rf7 e3
52. Rf3 Rbe5 53. Kc3 Kd5 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. Rfxe3 Rxe3+ 56. Rxe3
Rd6+ 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Re5+ Kb6 59. Kb2 Rc6 60. c4 a4 61. bxa4
Rxc4 62. Kb3 Rxh4 63. Re6+ Ka5 64. Rxg6 Rh3+ 65. Kc4 Kxa4
66. Kd5 Kb5 67. Ke5 Kc5 68. Rg8 Rh1 69. Rc8+ Kb6 70. g6 Kb7
71. Rc4 Rg1 72. Kf6 Rf1+ 73. Ke7 Rg1 74. Kf7 Rf1+ 75. Kg8 Kb6
76. g7 Kb5 77. Rh4 Rg1 78. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Nh4 Nb6 20. Ng6 Rc8 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Nf5
d5 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bc5 Rxc5
27. bxc5 Qc7 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qe3 Qc6 30. Qg3 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kf8
32. Rxe5 Rc8 33. f3 Qxc5+ 34. Qf2 Qd6 35. Rae1 Nd7 36. R5e2
Kg7 37. Ng4 Be6 38. Rd2 Qc5 39. Qxc5 Nxc5 40. Ne5 Na4 41. Re3
Rb8 42. Nc6 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rc1 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6
7. e3 g6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Be2 Nd7 15. h3 Be6 16. O-O Qa5
17. Rb1 Rac8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Nb6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. a3 Qe7
22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 a6 24. Qc2 Bd5 25. Ne1 h5 26. Bc4 Be4
27. Bd3 Bd5 28. Bc4 Be4 29. Bd3 Bd5 30. Be2 Qg5 31. Bc4 Be6
32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Nf3 Qf5 34. Qb3 Rf8 35. Rc5 Qf6 36. Rd2 Rce8
37. Ne5 Re7 38. a4 Kh7 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Rxb5 Qf5
42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Qxb7 Kh6 44. Nf3 g5 45. Qc6 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4
47. Nh2 g3 48. fxg3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. c3 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7
7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nf6 11. Ne4 d6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. dxc5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qa4+ Nd7
17. O-O-O Rb8 18. Rd2 O-O 19. Qxd7 Bxc3 20. Bc2 Qxb2+ 21. Kd1
Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Rfc8 23. Nd4 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 Rc7 25. Qd6 Rbc8
26. Rd1 Qc4+ 27. Kf3 Qxa2 28. Bd3 Qa4 29. Kg3 Qxd1 30. Nxe6
Qxd3 31. Nxc7 Qg6 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Nxd5 Qg7 34. Qd6 Kh8 35. Nf6
a5 36. Nh5 Qg8 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxg8+ Kxg8
40. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Qd3
Bxf3 13. Bd5 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bh5 15. Bc6+ Kf8 16. axb5 axb5
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Bd4 21. Nc3 b4
22. Nb5 Kg7 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Ra5 b3 25. Qc1 Qb4 26. Rxe5 Rhd8
27. Rc5 Rbc8 28. e5 Nd7 29. Rc4 Qb6 30. Re1 Nb8 31. e6 fxe6
32. Qc3+ Kf7 33. Qe5 Rd6 34. Qe4 Bg6 35. Qf3+ Ke7 36. Bxd6+
cxd6 37. Bd5 Rxc4 38. Rxe6+ Kd7 39. Bxc4 Qc5 40. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. axb5
axb5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 exd4 17. cxd4
Bg6 18. Qc3 Ne7 19. Rfe1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d5 Nh5 22. Kh2
Nxg3 23. fxg3 Kh7 24. Nd4 Qa5 25. N2f3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8
27. g4 b4 28. c4 Ra8 29. Nf5 Ng8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxf5
32. gxf5 Re8 33. Nd3 Rxe1 34. Nxe1 Ne7 35. g4 Bd4 36. Nd3 Bc3
37. c5 Kg7 38. d6 cxd6 39. cxd6 Nc6 40. Ba4 Nd8 41. Kg2 Kf8
42. Nc5 Bd2 43. Kf3 Bf4 44. d7 Ke7 45. Ke4 Bd6 46. Nb3 f6
47. Kd5 Bg3 48. Nd4 Bd6 49. Nb3 Bg3 50. Na5 Be5 51. Nc4 Bg3
52. Nb6 Bc7 53. Nc8+ Kf7 54. Kc4 Ba5 55. Kb5 Bc7 56. Kxb4 Nb7
57. Bb3+ Kf8 58. Kb5 Nd8 59. Bd5 Bf4 60. Kb6 Bg3 61. Na7 Ke7
62. Be6 Bf2+ 63. Ka6 Bxa7 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irina Vasilevich"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Nde4 Bh3 17. Nc5
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nf7 19. Ne2 Ng5 20. Ng1 Kh8 21. e4 Nd7 22. Nxd7
Qxd7 23. a4 Ne6 24. Be3 f5 25. Nf3 f4 26. Bd2 Bc5 27. Nxe5 f3+
28. Kh1 Qe8 29. Be3 Bd4 30. Nc4 Qh5 31. Nd2 Qh3 32. Rg1 Rf6
33. Nf1 Rd8 34. Rc1 b6 35. Qd2 Bc5 36. Rc4 Qg4 37. d4 Qxe4
38. dxc5 Qxc4 39. Qb2 bxc5 40. Nd2 Qd5 41. Rc1 h6 42. Qc2 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jovanka Houska"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Qb6
12. a3 a5 13. Qa4 Be7 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4
17. Be3 Qxe5 18. g3 d4 19. Rad1 dxe3 20. Qxd7+ Kf8 21. Qxb7
Rb8 22. Qa7 axb4 23. f4 Bc5 24. Qa5 Qf5 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. Qc7+
Kf6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxb8 Qc2 29. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhaoqin Peng"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 c4 11. Bf5 Nc6
12. O-O Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ne4 16. Qxd5 Na5
17. Bb2 Qb6 18. a4 Nb3 19. a5 Qa6 20. Ra3 Rad8 21. Qh5 Qd6
22. Ra4 Qc6 23. Ra2 Rd5 24. Qe2 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Nxa5 26. f3 Nf6
27. e4 Nb3 28. Nf4 b5 29. Qf2 a5 30. Qg3 b4 31. e5 Nd5 32. Nh5
Qg6 33. Qh3 bxc3 34. Bc1 Nxd4 35. f4 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Nxc1
37. Rxc1 Rb8 38. f5 Qg5 39. Rf1 c2 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. h3 h6 11. Rd1+
Ke8 12. Ne4 Ng6 13. Re1 c5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nh5 Kd7 16. a4 Re8
17. Bd2 Bd5 18. Bc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh4 20. Red1+ Kc6 21. f4 Rg8
22. Kf1 b6 23. a5 b5 24. a6 b4 25. Bd2 Be7 26. c3 b3 27. Ng3
g5 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. c4 g4 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Ra3 Rb8 32. e6 f5
33. Ba5 Bd6 34. Rd3 Rxc4 35. Rdxb3 Re8 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Bxc3
Rxe6 38. Rb3 f4 39. Ne2 f3 40. Ng3 c4 41. Rb7 Bc5 42. Ba5 Kd5
43. Rxc7 Rxa6 44. Be1 Ra1 45. Rd7+ Kc6 46. Rd8 Bb4 47. Re8 Ng2
48. Nf5 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuhua Xu"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Nxb3
12. axb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd5 16. Bb2
Bd6 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Ra8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Nd2
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 a5 23. c4 b4 24. Ne4 a4 25. bxa4 Bf8 26. Ng3 Bc6
27. Nf5 Bxa4 28. Ne7+ Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Bxc2 30. Rxc7 Bxd3 31. Rb7
Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Nh2 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Ncd7
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Ng4 Bd7 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nh5 Rec8 25. Re3 Nd7 26. f4 a5 27. Rg3+
Kh7 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. f5 exf5 31. exf5 d5
32. Rg6 Ra6 33. Bd2 Rcc6 34. Rb1 b4 35. cxb4 Rxa2 36. b5 Rb6
37. Rc1 Rb7 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 a6
12. a4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 f5
17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Rab8 19. Qe2 c5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5
Bxd2 22. Nxd2 cxd4 23. exd4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qg5 25. g3 f4
26. Bc4 fxg3 27. hxg3 Nf6 28. Qe5 Rd8 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Nb3 e5
31. dxe5 Ng4 32. Re1 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Ba6 35. Nd2
Bb7 36. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be2 h5
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Rf3 Na5 16. Nxa5
Qxa5 17. Rh3 h4 18. f5 Rc8 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. g4 Rc7 21. Qg1 Qxg1
22. Rxg1 Rc5 23. Bd3 Bc6 24. Rf1 Re5 25. a3 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5
27. Nxd5 exd5 28. c3 Bc5 29. Bc2 Re2 30. Bd1 Re7 31. Rd3 Rd8
32. b4 Re3 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Bxf3 Bg1 35. h3 d4 36. Kc2 Kc7
37. c4 Re8 38. Bd5 Re7 39. c5 b6 40. Rd1 Be3 41. Kd3 Bf2
42. Be4 Re5 43. Rc1 bxc5 44. bxc5 Be3 45. Rc4 a5 46. a4 Bf2
47. Rc2 Bg1 48. c6 Re7 49. Rc5 Kb6 50. Rb5+ Ka6 51. g5 fxg5
52. f6 Rc7 53. Rxg5 Bf2 54. Rb5 Be3 55. Rh5 Bf2 56. Rh7 Kb6
57. Kc4 Be3 58. Rxh4 Bg5 59. Rh8 Bxf6 60. Rb8+ Ka7 61. Rb5 Ka6
62. Kd5 Rc8 63. Bd3 Rd8+ 64. Ke4 Ka7 65. Rb7+ Ka8 66. Rxf7 Bh4
67. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[EventDate "2008.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O O-O
12. h4 Bd5 13. Qe3 Kh8 14. Kb1 Rg8 15. Nc3 c6 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Bf1 f5 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Rdg1 Rg7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Qxg5
22. f4 Qf6 23. Rh5 Qd8 24. Rg5 Nf6 25. Qe5 Kg8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7
27. g4 fxg4 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Qe7 30. Rf1 h6 31. Rh1 Rh8
32. a4 bxa4 33. Ka2 a5 34. Rf1 Rb8 35. Qf4 Rh8 36. Qg3 a3
37. bxa3 Re8 38. Qf4 Rh8 39. Bf5 Qe2 40. Bd3 Qe7 41. Rf2 Rc8
42. Rh2 Rh8 43. Rf2 Rc8 44. Rh2 Rh8 45. Re2 Qb7 46. Rf2 Qb6
47. a4 Rb8 48. Bb5 Rh8 49. Re2 Rc8 50. Qf5 Rd8 51. Qf4 Qd6
52. Re5 Qb6 53. Re2 Qd6 54. Re5 Qb6 55. Re2 Qd6 56. Re5 Qb6
57. c3 Rc8 58. Re3 Rd8 59. Re2 Qd6 60. Qf5 Qg3 61. Rf2 Rd6
62. Bd3 Qe3 63. Rg2 Qg5 64. Qc8 Re6 65. Be2 h5 66. c4 Qd2+
67. Ka1 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jargalsaikhan Dagiisuren"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bg4 8. Re1 Be7 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8
12. Ng3 Bf8 13. h3 Bd7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 g6 16. e5 Nh7
17. e6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg6 Qf6 20. Qc2 Ng5 21. Nxg5
hxg5 22. Nh5 Qxd4 23. Bxg5 Bg7 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nxg7 Qxg7
26. Qg6 Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dana Reizniece-Ozola"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. a3 Kh8
12. h3 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 f6 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Nc5 Qc8
17. Kh2 Nd4 18. e4 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Be6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc2
Ra2 22. Rb2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Rd8 24. Be2 Qd6 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Be3
c6 27. Rc4 Qe6 28. d4 exd4 29. Bxd4 Nf8 30. Be3 Ng6 31. Rd4
Re8 32. Bg4 Qe5 33. f4 Qb5 34. Qd2 Nf8 35. Be2 Qa4 36. Bf3 Qa8
37. h4 Qc8 38. Bg2 h6 39. Bh3 Qc7 40. Bf5 Rd8 41. Qd3 Rxd4
42. Bxd4 Ne6 43. Bc3 Qd8 44. Qc2 Nd4 45. Qb2 Nb5 46. Bd2 g6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ildiko Madl"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Rhe1 Rc4 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 O-O 21. e6
fxe6 22. Rxe6 Qf7 23. Re2 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc6 25. Rd7 Rf1+
26. Kd2 Rf8 27. c3 Rg6 28. g3 h6 29. Kc2 Rc8 30. Kb3 Rc4
31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Ree7 h5 33. Rd4 Rcc6 34. Re5 Rc5 35. Rxc5 Kh6
36. Re5 Rf6 37. Rf5 g5 38. Re5 Rf2 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40. Rd5 Re2
1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. h3
Qd5 18. Qe2 Na5 19. b4 Nc6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Qxe5 Qc6 22. Qc5
Qd7 23. Ne5 Qc8 24. f4 Ned5 25. Qf2 c5 26. c4 cxb4 27. cxd5
Qxc2 28. axb4 Bxd5 29. Rc1 Qa2 30. Ra1 Qb2 31. Reb1 Qc2
32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Rab1 Qa2 34. Ra1 Qb2 35. Rab1 Qa2 36. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zuzana Borosova"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Bc4 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rf5 g6 17. Bxd5
Bxd5 18. Rf4 Be5 19. Rg4 f5 20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21. cxb4 Qh4 22. h3
Qxb4 23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Bh6 Re8 26. d4 Qc6 27. Rc1
Qb7 28. f3 c6 29. Qd2 Qe7 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. Bf6 Qe6
33. Be5 Re8 34. Rb7 Re7 35. Rb8+ Re8 36. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatjana Vasilevich"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Qc7
7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Ne2 d5 10. Ng3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Qf3 Bf8
17. Qg3 g6 18. Nf5 Kh7 19. Nxh6 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qh3 Kg7
22. f4 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Rh8 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qd5 26. Rad1 Qe4
27. Rde1 Qd5 28. c4 Qxc4 29. Be5+ Kf8 30. Bxh8 Bb4 31. Bc3
Bxc3 32. bxc3 Kg7 33. Qe3 Bd5 34. Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Qg5+ Kh7
36. Rf4 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qd5+ 38. Kh3 Qd3+ 39. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tania Sachdev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qb5+ Qxb5 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16. e5 Nd5
17. O-O Nc3 18. Bc4 Bd5 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Be3 Rhc8 21. exf6+
gxf6 22. Nd2 a5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nc4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rc6
26. Rf4 a4 27. Rh4 Rh8 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29. Na5 Ra6 30. Nb3 Rb8
31. Rxh7+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Ke5 33. Rd2 f5 34. Rc7 Rb5 35. Kf2 Nc3
36. Rc5+ Kf6 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Rb2 Rc4 39. Kf3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Betul Cemre Yildiz"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1
Nc6 13. c3 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Ng5 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qh5 h6
18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sherily Cua"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. a3
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 15. h3 O-O 16. Be3 Qb7+
17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qc2 Bc5 21. e3 Qb7
22. Qe2 h6 23. Kh2 Nd7 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nd2 Bf6 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Nde4
Be7 32. Kg2 f5 33. Nd2 Nc5 34. b4 Nd3 35. Nb3 Kf7 36. Na5 Bf6
37. Nd1 Nb2 38. Nxb2 Bxb2 39. Nc6 Bxa3 40. Kf3 Ke8 41. Ke2 Kd7
42. Ne5+ Kd6 43. Nd3 e5 44. Nc5 Bxb4 45. Nxa6 Ba5 46. Kd3 Kc6
47. f4 e4+ 48. Kd4 Bb6+ 49. Ke5 g6 50. Nb4+ Kc5 51. Nc2 b4
52. Kf6 b3 53. Na3 Kd5 54. Kxg6 Bxe3 55. Kxf5 Bd2 56. g4 e3
57. g5 hxg5 58. fxg5 e2 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Berezina"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 h5 8. Be3 h4 9. Bd3 e6 10. b3 Nh6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bxf5
gxf5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Bf2 Bf8 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. c4
Ng6 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Qd2 Bh6 20. Be3 Qe7 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rc5
O-O 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 24. b4 Rd7 25. a4 Qd8 26. b5 Bf8 27. R5c2
Ba3 28. Ra1 Bf8 29. a5 Qe7 30. Rac1 Qd8 31. a6 bxa6 32. bxa6
Be7 33. Qd3 Bf8 34. Qb5 Bh6 35. Qb7 Kg7 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Qxc8
Qe7 38. Ng5 Bxg5 39. fxg5 Rd8 40. Qc7 Rd7 41. Qc5 Qd8 42. Qc8
Qe7 43. Qc5 Qd8 44. Bd2 f4 45. Qc8 Qe7 46. Qc6 Rd8 47. Qc7 Rd7
48. Qc8 Rd8 49. Qc5 Qxg5 50. Qxa7 Qg3 51. Rc3 Qg5 52. Qc7 Ne7
53. Bxf4 Ra8 54. Ra3 Nf5 55. Bxg5 Nxd4 56. Bxh4 Kg6 57. Bf2
Nc6 58. a7 Nxe5 59. Rb3 Nc6 60. Rb7 Nxa7 61. Bd4 Nb5 62. Kh2
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thi Nhu Y Hoang"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. Ne5 Bb7 6. c4 bxc4
7. Nxc4 c6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. Nc3 c5
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e3 Ba6 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. a3 O-O
17. Rc1 cxd4 18. exd4 Ba5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. b4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qf6
22. bxa5 Rxc3 23. O-O Rxc1 24. Rxc1 d4 25. Bd2 Ne5 26. f4 Ng6
27. Qd3 e5 28. f5 Ne7 29. g4 Nd5 30. Qe4 Qd6 31. Re1 Re8
32. Qd3 h6 33. h3 Rc8 34. Qg3 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Thi Nhu Y Hoang"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7
7. Bb5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bd3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 Ne7
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Rhe1 b5 14. h4 h5 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. a3 Ba5
17. g3 O-O-O 18. b4 Bb6 19. Re2 d4 20. Ne4 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Bf4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kb7 25. Bc1 Rd5 26. Bb2
Rhd8 27. Rde1 Rf5 28. R1e2 Rf3 29. Kc2 Rc8+ 30. Kd2 Rd8
31. Re5 g6 32. R5e4 a5 33. Re5 Kc6 34. Kc2 Rd5 35. R5e4 a4
36. Bc1 e5 37. Bd2 Bc7 38. Re1 Rxf2 39. R4e2 Rf3 40. Rg1 f5
41. Bg5 Rd7 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Rg2 e4 45. dxe4+ fxe4
46. Bf4 Rxa3 47. Kd1 Bxb4 48. Rb2 Rb3 49. Rbc2 e3 50. Rc6 Rb2
51. R1c2 Rxc2 52. Kxc2 e2 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. dxc5 e5 11. Ng3 Bg4
12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Rg6 14. Qd2 Qc8 15. h3 Qe6 16. Kf1 Qc4+
17. Kg1 Qxc5 18. Qe3 Qc4 19. Kh2 O-O-O 20. Re1 Rdg8 21. Qe2
Qxc3 22. Be3 h5 23. Rab1 h4 24. Nf5 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Qxa3 26. Qb5
Nd8 27. Qxe5 Nd7 28. Ne7+ Qxe7 29. Qxe7 Nc6 30. Qxe4 R2g6
31. Bf4 Nc5 32. Qd5 Ne6 33. Bh2 Rf6 34. Rg1 Rd8 35. Qg2 Rd2
36. Qg8+ Rd8 37. Qg2 Rd2 38. Rbf1 Ncd4 39. Qe4 Nf3 40. Rg8+
Nd8 41. Qc4+ Rc6 42. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7
7. h3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 f5 12. Ng5
Qe8 13. Bf7 Rxf7 14. Qxh5 g6 15. Nxf7+ Qxf7 16. Qe2 f4 17. Nh2
g5 18. b4 Bd7 19. Bb2 Rg8 20. d4 h5 21. Red1 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4
23. g3 Qh5 24. Rd2 Rg7 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Qf1 g3 27. fxg3 fxg3
28. Qf8+ Kh7 29. Kh1 Bh3 30. Qf3 Qh6 31. Re2 Ne5 32. Qf8 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alejandra Guerrero Rodriguez"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5
7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Qd2 Rd8 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Ne4 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. O-O Nxc3
17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Rfb1 Rab8 19. Qxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zuzana Borosova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O O-O
7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Nc4 h6 10. h3 b5 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Nh2
Kh7 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nhg4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 g5
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. f3 Kg7 20. Qd2 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5
22. a3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Qb3 24. Rf2 Rd5 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2
Rfd8 27. Rcd2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Kf2 c5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Ke1
h5 32. gxh5 Rh8 33. d4 c4 34. Kf2 Rxh5 35. Re2 Rh8 36. Rde1
Rd6 37. Re5 Kf6 38. Rc5 Rh4 39. Rce5 g4 40. fxg4 Rxg4 41. Rh1
Kg7 42. Kf3 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rg4 44. Kf3 Rg3+ 45. Kf2 Rg4 46. Rhh5
Rb6 47. Rh1 a5 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 b4 50. axb4 axb4 51. cxb4
Rxb4 52. Re2 Rb5 53. Rc1 Rbg5 54. Kf1 f3 55. Rf2 Rxg2 56. Rxg2
Rxg2 57. Rxc4 Rxb2 58. Rc3 f2 59. Rf3 Rd2 60. Rxf2 Rxd4
61. Ke2 Kg6 62. Ke3 Ra4 63. Rf8 Kg5 64. Rf7 Ra5 65. Rf8 Rf5
66. Re8 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke5 68. Ra8 Rf7 69. Ra5+ Kf6 70. Ra6 Kf5
71. Ra5+ e5 72. Ra1 Rb7 73. Ra3 Rb4 74. Ke2 Re4+ 75. Kf3 Rh4
76. Kg3 Rg4+ 77. Kf3 e4+ 78. Kf2 Rf4+ 79. Ke2 Rh4 80. Ra8 Rh2+
81. Ke3 Rh3+ 82. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ildiko Madl"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Nd4 Ba4 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Kb1 e5 16. Nb3 d5
17. Bd3 dxe4 18. fxe4 O-O 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. h5 h6
22. Rdf1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rh3 Bd7 25. Rg3 f6 26. Na5 Rc7
27. Nc4 Be6 28. Nb6 Nh6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 f5 31. Rxg5 e4
32. Be2 b5 33. Rg6 Rd7 34. c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Ng4 36. d6+ Kh8
37. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 Nb6
12. Ba2 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8
17. Bb1 g6 18. Ba2 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe7 21. Qh3 Qb6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Qf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "223"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Bf2 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. g4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bd4 f6
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qxc2
22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Bc3 Re2 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1
Nxg4 27. Rxe6 Kf7 28. Rxb6 Bf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. h3 Nf2+
31. Kg2 Nd3 32. Nd4 Re4 33. Nf5 Kg6 34. Nd6 Rxa4 35. Ne8 Nf4+
36. Kf3 Nxh3 37. Rxf6+ Kg5 38. Rc6 h5 39. Rc5+ Kh4 40. Nd6
Ng5+ 41. Kg2 Rg4+ 42. Kf1 Rf4+ 43. Kg2 Kg4 44. Nc4 h4 45. Ne5+
Kh5 46. Rc8 Rf6 47. Rh8+ Rh6 48. Rf8 Rh7 49. Rf6 Re7 50. Rf5
Rb7 51. Nd3 Rd7 52. Nf2 Rd2 53. b4 Rb2 54. Ra5 h3+ 55. Kg3
Rb3+ 56. Kh2 Kh4 57. Nxh3 Rb2+ 58. Kg1 Nxh3+ 59. Kf1 Kg3
60. Ra3+ Kg4 61. Rxa6 Rxb4 62. Ke2 Nf4+ 63. Kd2 Kf3 64. Ra8
Rd4+ 65. Kc3 Rd7 66. Re8 Ng6 67. Re6 Ne7 68. Kc4 Kf4 69. Re1
Nf5 70. Kc5 Ne3 71. Rh1 Ke5 72. Rh5+ Nf5 73. Kb5 Rc7 74. Kb4
Ke4 75. Rh1 Nd4 76. Rh4+ Kd3 77. Rh3+ Kc2 78. Rh2+ Kd3
79. Rh3+ Kd2 80. Rh2+ Ne2 81. Kb5 Kd3 82. Rh3+ Ke4 83. Rh4+
Nf4 84. Kb4 Ke5 85. Kb5 Rc1 86. Rh8 Kd4 87. Rh4 Rb1+ 88. Kc6
Ke5 89. Rh8 Rc1+ 90. Kb5 Ne6 91. Rh5+ Kd6 92. Rh6 Rc2 93. Kb4
Rc8 94. Kb5 Rg8 95. Kb4 Rg4+ 96. Kc3 Kd5 97. Rh5+ Ng5 98. Kb3
Kc5 99. Kc3 Rg3+ 100. Kb2 Kd4 101. Rh8 Ne4 102. Rd8+ Kc4
103. Rc8+ Nc5 104. Kc2 Rg2+ 105. Kd1 Kd4 106. Rd8+ Ke3
107. Re8+ Ne4 108. Kc1 Rh2 109. Kb1 Kd3 110. Rd8+ Kc4
111. Rc8+ Nc5 112. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalia Zdebskaja"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3
b6 13. Qe1 Bc8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. e5
dxe5 18. f5 Rf8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Qh3 Nb4
22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxb6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Na5 Be8 26. Rde1
Nxd3 27. cxd3 Bg6 28. Nc6 Bd6 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Nd7
31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Re6 Nxb6 33. h3 Nd7 34. Rxa6 Nc5 35. Rc6
Nxd3 36. a5 Be8 37. Rc8 Nb4 38. Rb8 Nc6 39. a6 Nxb8 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalija Popova"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bg7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Rb8
12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Be4 Bxd4 14. Bh6 Re8 15. a3 Na6 16. Bc6 Re6
17. Bd5 c5 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Bf4 Rb6 21. Rad1 Nd5
22. Be3 Qh4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6
Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1
Qd6 17. h5 b5 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. f4 Rd8 20. Rd1 Nc4 21. Qc1 Bxe4
22. Nxb5 Nd2+ 23. Ke1 axb5 24. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 25. Qxd2 Rxd2
26. Kxd2 Bxg2 27. Bxb5+ Ke7 28. Rg3 Be4 29. Rc3 Kd6 30. Ke3
Bd5 31. a4 Rg8 32. a5 e5 33. a6 Rg3+ 34. Kd2 exf4 35. Rxg3
fxg3 36. Ke1 h6 37. Bd3 Kc7 38. Kf1 Kb6 39. Be2 f5 40. Kg1 f4
41. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Atousa Pourkashiyan"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxc2 10. Qxc2 Qxd5 11. Rd1
Qc6 12. Qxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Bd5 16. Nf5
Bg5 17. f3 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Ng5 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. Rd1 Rab8 21. b3
Nf4 22. g3 Ng6 23. Ncxd5 cxd5 24. f4 c6 25. Rac1 Ne7 26. Rd4
g6 27. g4 Rb5 28. f5 c5 29. Rd3 d4 30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Re1 Rb7
32. f6 Rbd7 33. a3 Re8 34. Rf3 Rd5 35. Rf4 d3 36. Rfe4 h6
37. Kf2 Nd4 38. b4 cxb4 39. axb4 Nc2 40. Rb1 d2 41. Rd1 Nxb4
42. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 43. Nxd2 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 Nc5 45. Re3 a5 46. Nc4 a4
47. h4 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Nd6 Rb8 50. Rc3 Rb2+ 51. Kd1 Ne6
52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Ra8 Rb4 54. Nxf7 Rxg4 55. Ra7 Kg6 56. Nd6
Rd4+ 57. Kc2 Rd5 58. Nc4 Rc5 59. Kc3 g4 60. Rxa4 g3 61. Ra2
Nf4 62. Kd4 Rxc4+ 63. Kxc4 g2 64. Ra1 Ne2 65. Kd5 Kf7 66. Kd6
g1=Q 67. Rxg1 Nxg1 68. e6+ Ke8 69. f7+ Kf8 70. e7+ Kxf7
71. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatjana Vasilevich"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bxb4 axb4
7. Nd2 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nf6
17. Qc6 Rfb8 18. Rd3 e5 19. d5 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. a4 b5
22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. b3 Rb6 24. Rc1 f5 25. f3 Rd6 26. g4 f4
27. Rc4 Ra5 28. Re4 Kf7 29. Nc1 Kf6 30. Rd2 Nb6 31. Kf2 Ra7
32. Ke1 g5 33. Nd3 Rxd5 34. Nxe5 Rxd2 35. Kxd2 Nd5 36. Nd3 Nc3
37. Rc4 Re7 38. Nxc5 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Re3+ 40. Kd4 Rxf3 41. Rxb4
Ne2+ 42. Kd5 Nc3+ 43. Kd4 Ne2+ 44. Kd5 Nc3+ 45. Kd6 Re3
46. Rc4 f3 47. Nd7+ Kg7 48. Ne5 Ne4+ 49. Ke6 f2 50. Rc7+ Kg8
51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatjana Vasilevich"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Nf6 11. f5 h5
12. Qf3 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Bd7 15. Na4 Ba7 16. b4 O-O-O
17. h3 g5 18. fxg6 Rdg8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxg6 21. Rab1
Qa5 22. Rb6 Kc7 23. Rfb1 Bc8 24. g3 Qxc5 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Qe2
Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Kxb6 28. Qf2+ Kc7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Qc5 Re8
31. Bc4 Rh6 32. Qe3 Reh8 33. Qa7 f5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Bxa6
Be4+ 36. Kg1 Rb8 37. Bd3 Bxd3 38. cxd3 Rd6 39. Qa5+ Kd7
40. Qxe5 Re8 41. Qg7+ Kc8 42. Qxg4+ Kc7 43. Qf4 Ree6 44. d4
Kb6 45. Be7 1-0

[Event "Mindsports"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nc3 Bg6
12. Ne2 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Bb5 Ng5 16. Nxg6 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 hxg6 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qg2 c6 21. Be2 Qc8
22. g5 f6 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rd4 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 fxg5
27. Rxc4 Qf5 28. Rg4 Re5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Rxg6 Re7 31. Rg5 Qf6
32. Kh1 Rf8 33. Rg6 Qd4 34. Rg4 Qe5 35. Rf3 Rff7 36. Kh2 Qe2
37. Rf2 f3 38. Qg3 Qe5 39. b3 Qf6 40. Qb8+ Rf8 41. Qxa7 Re2
42. Qc5 Rfe8 43. Qc4+ R8e6 44. Kg3 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Qb2+ 46. Kxf3
Qf6+ 47. Rf4 Qh6 48. h4 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qg6+ 50. Rg4 Qf5 51. Rf4
Qe5 52. Kf3 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 Kh7 54. Qc2+ Kh6 55. Rg4 Qe2+
56. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 57. Kf3 Rxa2 58. Rb4 b5 59. Re4 Rc2 60. Kg4 g6
61. Re6 Rc5 62. Rd6 Kg7 63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Rd6+ Kf7 65. b4 Rc4+
66. Kg5 Rc1 67. Rf6+ Ke7 68. Rxg6 Rg1+ 69. Kf5 Rh1 70. Rh6 Kd7
71. h5 Rh4 72. Rh7+ Kd6 73. h6 Rxb4 74. Kg5 Rb1 75. Rh8 Rg1+
76. Kf6 Rf1+ 77. Kg7 Rg1+ 78. Kf6 Rh1 79. h7 Kc5 80. Kg6 b4
81. Rb8 Kc4 82. h8=Q Rxh8 83. Rxh8 b3 84. Rb8 Kc3 85. Kf5 c5
86. Ke5 c4 87. Kd5 b2 88. Rxb2 Kxb2 89. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Nb4 11. a5 Be6 12. Be3
Rc8 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Re1 Qc6 15. Re2 Nd7 16. Be3 b5 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Nd5 N4xd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. b3 Bf6 22. Ra2
Na4 23. Bd2 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Nc6 Bg5 26. Re4 Bxc6 27. Rc4
Bb5 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Be2 Rfc8 30. g3 g6 31. h4 Be7 32. Bxb5
axb5 33. Qe2 R3c5 34. Ra7 Bf8 35. Rb7 h5 36. Qf3 R8c7 37. Rxc7
Rxc7 38. c3 Bg7 39. Qd3 Rc5 40. b4 Rc4 41. Qxc4 bxc4 42. b5
Bf6 43. b6 Bd8 44. b7 Bc7 45. Kf1 Kf8 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. f3 Kd7
48. g4 f5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rad1 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. b3 Rab8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Bg4 Rfe8 23. f4 Qb7 24. Rfe1 Qxd5 25. cxd5 g6 26. Bd7 Re7
27. Bc6 Bg7 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. g4 g5 31. fxg5 Be5
32. h4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Rf1 f6 35. Rf5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Rg8
37. Kf3 Kh8 38. Rh1 Reg7 39. Rh5 d3 40. Ke3 Rxg5 41. Rhxg5
Rxg5 42. Rxg5 Bf4+ 43. Kxd3 Bxg5 44. e5 dxe5 45. Ke4 Bf6
46. Kf5 Kg7 47. d6 h6 48. Bd5 Bd8 49. Kxe5 Kf8 50. Ke6 Bb6
51. Kd7 Kg7 52. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Rc8 11. g4 Nb6
12. g5 Nh5 13. Na5 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxa5 16. dxe6 fxe6
17. Kb1 g6 18. f4 Ng7 19. fxe5 d5 20. h4 Nf5 21. Bd3 Qc7
22. Bf4 Ng7 23. Rdf1 Bc5 24. Bh2 Nf5 25. h5 Be3 26. Qe2 Bxg5
27. Qg4 Qe7 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 g5 30. Rxb4 O-O 31. h6 Kh8
32. Rb6 a5 33. Rg1 a4 34. a3 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Bxf5 Qxa3
37. Qd4 Rb4 38. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Rc8
12. Kb1 h5 13. Be2 b5 14. f5 Be7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qg3 b4
17. Qg7 Rf8 18. e5 Qxe5 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Rde1 Qg5 21. Bxh5+
Kd8 22. Qxe7+ Kc7 23. Re6 Qxh5 24. Qxd6+ Kb7 25. Qxd7+ Rc7
26. Qb5+ Ka8 27. Rhe1 Rfc8 28. R6e2 Qf5 29. g4 Qf3 30. Qxb4
Rb7 31. Qd4 Rbc7 32. b3 f5 33. g5 Rc5 34. g6 Qh5 35. g7 Qg6
36. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6
12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Kb1 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 c5
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Bf6 19. b3 Rf8 20. f3 h5 21. h3 Be5
22. Rhe1 Bg3 23. Re2 Rf5 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Ba5 d5 26. cxd5 exd5
27. c4 c6 28. Kc2 Re8 29. Rdd2 Re6 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Kd3 Kd7
32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Re2 Kd7 34. Bd2 g5 35. Be3 d4 36. Bd2 Bf4
37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. h4 a5 39. Re4 Kd6 40. Re8 Re5 41. Rd8+ Kc7
42. Rf8 Re1 43. Rxf4 Rd1+ 44. Kc2 Ra1 45. g4 Rxa2+ 46. Kc1
Ra1+ 47. Kb2 Re1 48. g5 Re2+ 49. Kc1 Kd6 50. Rf6+ Ke5 51. Rf8
Rg2 52. Kd1 Rb2 53. Ke1 Rxb3 54. g6 Rb7 55. f4+ Ke4 56. f5
Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kc1 Rg2 59. f6 Rxg6 60. f7 Rf6 61. Re8+
Kd3 62. f8=Q Rxf8 63. Rxf8 Kxc4 64. Rf5 a4 65. Rxh5 a3 66. Rh8
Kb3 67. Rb8+ Kc3 68. Ra8 Kb3 69. h5 1-0

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zeinab Mamedjarova"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 Qd7
12. h3 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. a4 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3
17. Ng5 Qh4 18. Bf5 Bd6 19. Ndf3 Qh5 20. Kg2 h6 21. Rh1 Qe8
22. Ne6 Ne7 23. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
Qh4 7. Qf3 d6 8. Qf4 Qe7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O c5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nf6
17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Nb8
17. Nde3 Na6 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Qxd6 Nxe4 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Rxd8
Bxe5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nfd4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. b3 Be4 26. f3
Bxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Bb1 28. Rxb1 Rxd4 29. Kf2 Rd2 30. Rd1 Rxd1
31. Bxd1 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Bc2 h6 34. Be4 a4 35. bxa4 Nxa4
36. Kd4 Kd6 37. c5+ Nxc5 38. Kc4 g6 39. Kxb4 f5 40. Bc2 Ne6
41. Kc4 Nf4 42. g3 Nd5 43. Bd3 g5 44. Kd4 Nb4 45. a3 Nc6+
46. Ke3 Ke5 47. f4+ gxf4+ 48. gxf4+ Ke6 49. a4 Ne7 50. a5 Kd5
51. h4 Kc5 52. h5 Nd5+ 53. Kf3 Nf6 54. Bxf5 Nxh5 55. Bd3 Nf6
56. f5 Nd5 57. Ke4 h5 58. Ke5 h4 59. a6 Ne7 60. Be4 Nc8 61. f6
1-0

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. O-O-O Rxc3 11. Qxc3
Qxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bh4 Nxc3 14. Rd3 Ne4 15. Be2 g6 16. Re1
Bc6 17. Rb3 a6 18. Bf3 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rh3 h5 21. Rc3 d5
22. Bf2 Bh6 23. Be3 Rf8 24. g3 Bg7 25. Ra3 d4 26. Bd2 Rf5
27. Ra5 Kd7 28. Bb4 e5 29. Kb1 Ke6 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Rd1 e3
32. Re1 Rf2 33. c3 Be4+ 34. Kc1 Rxh2 35. cxd4 Bxd4 36. Rg1
Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eva Moser"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. e4 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 Bh5 10. c4 Bb4 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Rd1
b5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bd6 15. e5 Bc7 16. Nf1 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb6
18. Be3 Rfc8 19. N1d2 Bd8 20. Rdc1 Be7 21. Qd3 Bg6 22. Qe2 b4
23. a4 Na5 24. Qb5 Qd8 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Ne1 a6 27. Qe2 Bg6
28. Qd1 Nb6 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. b3 Na7 32. Nd3 N7c6
33. Nc5 Nb7 34. Nxb7 Qxb7 35. Nf3 Na5 36. Nd2 Nc6 37. Nf3 Qb6
38. Bd3 Na5 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qc2 Qb7 41. Bg5 Bf8 42. Nd2 Be7
43. h4 Kf8 44. Bxe7+ Qxe7 45. Qc7 Qxc7 46. Rxc7 Ke8 47. Kf1
Rd8 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. Rc8+ Rd8 50. Rc7 Rd7 51. Rc5 Nb7 52. Rc6
a5 53. Nf3 Ke7 54. Ne1 Kd8 55. f4 Rc7 56. Rxc7 Kxc7 57. Kd3
Nd8 58. Ng2 Kd7 59. Ke3 Nc6 60. Ne1 Ne7 61. g4 Nc6 62. Nd3 Ke7
63. Nc5 Nd8 64. Kd3 Ke8 65. Ke3 Ke7 66. Nd3 Nc6 67. Nf2 Kd7
68. Nh1 Ke7 69. Ng3 f6 70. Ne2 Kf7 71. Ng3 Ke7 72. exf6+ gxf6
73. h5 gxh5 74. Nxh5 Kf7 75. g5 fxg5 76. fxg5 Kg6 77. Nf4+ Kf5
78. g6 e5 79. Nxd5 exd4+ 80. Kd3 Kxg6 81. Ke4 Kf7 82. Nf4 Ke7
83. Kd5 Kd7 84. Nd3 Kc7 85. Kc5 Kd7 86. Kd5 Kc7 87. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qh4 10. g3 Qh3 11. Re1+
Be6 12. Bf1 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qf5 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Qe2
c6 17. Rxb7 Kxb7 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Bg5 Qxc2 20. Bxd8 Rxd8
21. Bd3 Bc8 22. Qa5 Qxd3 23. Qxd8 Bc7 24. Qf8 Kb7 25. Qxf7 Bh3
26. Qe7 Bf5 27. Qb4+ Qb5 28. Qf8 g6 29. h3 Be4 30. Kh2 Qb2
31. c4 Qxd4 32. Re3 dxc4 33. Qb4+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ Kb7 35. Qb4+
Kc8 36. Qf8+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7
12. e4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. f3 Ne5 15. Bb3 Rfc8 16. Bg5 Rxc3
17. Kh1 h6 18. Bh4 Rc5 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. Nb5 Rh5 21. Nd6 Bd5
22. Nc4 Qc7 23. g3 Bc6 24. Rac1 Nd7 25. Nd6 Nc5 26. f4 Nxf4
27. gxf4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxf4 29. Bg3 Bxe4+ 30. Kg1 Qf5 31. Rd7
Qg6 32. Rcc7 Rf8 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxh5 Qxa2 35. Qh3 Bd5
36. Qf1 Qd2 37. h4 Re8 38. Rxf7 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qd2+ 40. Rf2 Qd4
41. Rxa7 Qg4 42. Ra1 Bc4 43. Qd1 Qe4 44. Qf3 Qe6 45. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ned5
12. Qd2 b6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Be2 Bc6 15. Bb2 b5 16. c4 bxc4
17. Bxc4 h5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf1 Rb8 20. Ne3 Qb5 21. Bc1 Ng4
22. c4 Qb3 23. O-O Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxc4 25. Qf2 f5 26. d5 Bxd5
27. Bb2 Qb5 28. Bd4 c5 29. Be5 Rb7 30. Qc2 Bb3 31. Qc3 Rd7
32. Bf4 Kf7 33. Rf2 Rg8 34. h4 Qc4 35. Qb2 Rd3 36. Qe5 Qd5
37. Qc7+ Qd7 38. Qxc5 Rc8 39. Qe5 Qd5 40. Qb2 Qc4 41. Be5 Rxe3
42. Qd2 Qd3 43. Qa5 Qd7 44. Bb2 Rg3 45. Qe5 Rcg8 46. Rc1 e3
47. Re2 Bc4 48. Rxc4 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Rxg2+ 50. Rxg2 Rxg2+
51. Kxg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qf2+ 53. Kh1 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fiona Steil-Antoni"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d5 7. e5
Ne7 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. O-O h5 10. Qe1 Qb6 11. Nd1 Nc6 12. c3 Be7
13. Ne3 Nh6 14. h3 d4 15. Nd1 Nf5 16. Kh2 Rd8 17. Nf2 Rd7
18. Bd2 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Rb1 h4 21. Ne4 hxg3+ 22. Nxg3 Nh4
23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Qe2 d3 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. b3 Qa5
28. Ne4 Nf5 29. bxc4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 O-O 31. Rg1 Qxa2 32. Rg2
Rb8 33. Be1 Bg3+ 34. Bxg3 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Nxg4
37. hxg4 a5 38. Bh4 f6 39. exf6 a4 40. f7+ Kxf7 41. Nd6+ Kg6
42. c5 a3 43. c6 d2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olga Iljushina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6
7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 a6 9. Rc1 Qb6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O f6 12. Na4
Qa5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a3 h6 17. Nc5
Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Rfc8 19. Qd6 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc5 Kf8
22. Rfc1 Ke7 23. b4 Kd6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rac8 26. d5 exd5
27. Rxd5+ Ke7 28. Rdc5 b6 29. R5c2 Kd8 30. Rd1 Nb8 31. Rxc7
Rxc7 32. Nd4 Ke7 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Nc6 35. f4 a5 36. Re1+
Kd6 37. Rd1+ Ke7 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Rd1+ Ke7 40. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Cristina-Adela Foisor"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8
7. O-O a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Re1 d6 12. Nf1
Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. a3 Bb7 15. b4 Nc6 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Ne3 Rc8
18. Bb2 Rc7 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Bb3 a5 21. a4 b4 22. Nc4 Qc7
23. h3 Ba6 24. Rb1 Rdd8 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Red1 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6
28. Bd5 Bb7 29. Nd2 Qc7 30. Nc4 Ra8 31. Qg3 Ra6 32. Ne3 Nd8
33. Bc4 Rb6 34. Rbc1 Kh8 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Bb5 Rg6 37. Ng4
Ree6 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Bxe5 Qe7 40. Bb2 h5 41. Qe5 hxg4 42. Qh5+
Kg8 43. Qxg6 gxh3 44. Qg3 Bc6 45. gxh3 Bxa4 46. Rf1 Ne6 47. f4
Qd7 48. Rf2 Nd4 49. Bd5 Qd6 50. Kh2 Bd7 51. Bxd4 cxd4 52. Bc4
Ra8 53. Re1 Be6 54. e5 Qc6 55. Bxe6 fxe6 56. Qg6 Qe8 57. Qe4
Rd8 58. f5 exf5 59. Rxf5 Qe6 60. Rh5 Be7 61. Qh7+ Kf7 62. Rf1+
Ke8 63. Qxg7 Kd7 64. Qg2 Kc7 65. Rc1+ Kb6 66. Qd2 Kb5 67. Qg2
Rd5 68. Qa2 Bc5 69. Qc4+ Kb6 70. Ra1 Kb7 71. Qb5+ Bb6 72. Qa6+
Kc7 73. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7
7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 c5 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 exd5
12. Be5 O-O 13. cxd5 d6 14. Qxe4 dxe5 15. c4 Nd7 16. Qf5 Re8
17. h4 g4 18. Qxg4+ Kf8 19. h5 Nf6 20. Qh4 b5 21. Nd2 bxc4
22. Bxc4 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Bc6 24. Qh7 Qf6 25. Ne4 Qg7 26. Qxg7+
Kxg7 27. Nxc5 Rac8 28. Nb3 Nb4 29. Rc1 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Ba4
31. Nd2 Nc3 32. Ra3 Nd1 33. Rxa4 Nb2 34. Rb4 Nd3+ 35. Bxd3
Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rxh1 37. Rb7 Rxh5 38. Bc4 Rf8 39. Rxa7 Rh1
40. Ne4 Kg6 41. Ra6+ f6 42. Bd3 Kg7 43. Ng3 Rc1 44. Nh5+ Kf7
45. Rxf6+ Ke7 46. Rxh6 Rg1 47. Be4 Rh1 48. Rh7+ Kd6 49. Ng3
Ra1 50. Rh6+ Kc5 51. Bf5 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Kd5 53. e4+ Kd4 54. Rd6+
Kc3 55. Nf1 Rh8 56. Ne3 Rh4 57. Ng4 Ra5 58. Rh6 Rxh6 59. Nxh6
Kd2 60. g4 Ke1 61. g5 Kf1 62. g6 Ra3+ 63. Kg4 Kxf2 64. Kg5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Bg5 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 f5 11. Qh5 f4
12. Bc4 Kg7 13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 f6 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Nc4 Qh3
17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bd1 Ng6 19. Ng2 Qxh5 20. Bxh5 Bh3 21. Kh2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 f5 23. Rh1 f4 24. Bg4 fxg3 25. fxg3 Ne7 26. a3
Rf6 27. d4 exd4 28. cxd4 Raf8 29. Rac1 c5 30. b4 Rf2+ 31. Kg1
Ra2 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. dxc5 Rxa3 34. Kg2 Ra2+ 35. Kh3 Rf6
36. Bh5 Ra5 37. e5 Re6 38. cxb6 Raxe5 39. Bf3 Rxb6 40. Rhd1
Rb3 41. Kg2 Ree3 42. Rc7 Rb2+ 43. Kh3 Rxf3 44. Rxe7+ Rf7
45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kg5 48. Rd5+ Kg6 49. Rd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Rb8 11. Ndb5 a6
12. Na7 e6 13. g4 Qc7 14. g5 d4 15. Bf4 e5 16. gxf6 dxc3
17. Qxc3 Bxf6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be3 Be7 20. a3 a5 21. Bc4 Bh3
22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. f4 Qb6 24. f5 Qc5 25. Rd7 Bg2 26. Bxf7+ Kh8
27. f6 Rxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rb8+ 29. Ka2 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monica Calzetta Ruiz"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bd5
Bg4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. h3
Bh5 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nfd2 h6 15. Bh4 Rab8 16. f3 Bc5
17. Nb3 Bb6 18. O-O-O Qe6 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. h4 f6 21. g5 fxg5
22. hxg5 h5 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxe5 Qe6 25. f4 Be8 26. f5 Qe7
27. g6 Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Be3 29. Rxh5 Qxg3 30. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. c4 g5
7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxg3 9. fxg3 Bg7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7
12. Nd2 Qe7 13. g4 c5 14. Be4 cxd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Nb5 Rxb7
17. Qf3 d5 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Nc3 dxc4 20. Nxc4 O-O 21. Ne5 Rc7
22. Qe2 Qd8 23. Rad1 Nd5 24. Rf3 Qc8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. h3 Re8
27. Rdf1 Qe6 28. Qf2 f6 29. Nd3 Rce7 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Rxe7 Rxe7
32. Qc2 Re4 33. Qc8+ Qf8 34. Qb7 Qf7 35. Qc8+ Qf8 36. Qb7 Qf7
37. Qc8+ Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Szidonia Lazarne Vajda"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "166"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. g4
Ne7 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. Re1 h5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe6
hxg4 17. hxg4 Kd7 18. Re5 Ng6 19. Rf5 Nh4 20. Rf7+ Ke6
21. Rxc7 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Nd4 23. Ne4 Be7 24. c3 Nc2 25. Rb1 Rh1+
26. Ke2 Re1+ 27. Kd3 Nb4+ 28. cxb4 Rd8+ 29. Kc2 Rxe4 30. Rxb7
Rxg4 31. Be3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Bxa7 Rc4+ 34. Kd3 Rxb4
35. Bd4 Bf6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. b3 c5 38. Rc1 Rd4+ 39. Ke3 Kd6
40. Rc2 Rh4 41. Rc4 Rh1 42. Kf4 Rh2 43. Rc2 Ke6 44. Re2+ Kf7
45. Kg4 Rg2+ 46. Kf3 Rg8 47. Rc2 Ra8 48. a4 Rb8 49. Rc3 Rb4
50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kc2 Rf4 53. f3 Kc6 54. Re3 Kb6
55. Re6+ Kb7 56. Re3 Kb6 57. Kb2 Ka5 58. Ka3 Rf5 59. Rd3 Rf4
60. Rc3 Kb6 61. Kb2 Rf5 62. Kc2 Rf4 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. Ke3 Rb4
65. f4 f5 66. Kf3 Rb8 67. Re3 Kd6 68. Rd3+ Kc6 69. Kg3 Rg8+
70. Kf2 Rb8 71. Rf3 Kd5 72. Rd3+ Ke4 73. Rc3 Kxf4 74. a5 Rb5
75. a6 Rb8 76. Rc4+ Ke5 77. Rxc5+ Kd6 78. Ra5 Kc6 79. b4 Kb6
80. Ke3 Ra8 81. Rxf5 Re8+ 82. Kd4 Kxa6 83. Kc4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Qc2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5
17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. b3 Rad8 20. Bb2 Rd2 21. Be5 Rd5
22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Qc4 a5 24. Rac1 Be7 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Qc8+ Bf8 28. h3 g5 29. Bg3 h5 30. f4 Qb2 31. Qc2 Qxc2
32. Rxc2 h4 33. Bh2 Rd3 34. fxg5 Rc3 35. Rd2 Bc5 36. Rd8+ Kh7
37. Ra8 Bxe3+ 38. Kf1 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 Rb2 40. Rb5 Rf2+ 41. Ke1
Rxg2 42. Bd6 Ra2 43. Bxb4 Rxa4 44. Be7 Ra2 45. Re5 Bf4 46. Re4
e5 47. Bf6 Ra5 48. Rc4 Kg6 49. Rc6 Kf5 50. Rc7 Bxg5 51. Bxg5
Kxg5 52. Rxf7 Ra3 53. Rg7+ Kf5 54. Kf2 Rxh3 55. Rh7 Ke4
56. Rh8 Rf3+ 57. Ke2 Rf4 58. Rh7 Kd5 59. Ke3 Ra4 60. Kf2 Ke6
61. Kf3 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. Rh5 Ra4 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65. Kg1 Ra4
66. Kf2 Rb4 67. Ke2 Rb2+ 68. Kf1 Rb4 69. Kf2 Ke6 70. Ke3 Kd5
71. Ke2 Re4+ 72. Kd3 Rg4 73. Ke3 Ke6 74. Kf3 Rf4+ 75. Ke3 Kf6
76. Ke2 Re4+ 77. Kf3 Rc4 78. Kf2 Ra4 79. Ke2 Kg6 80. Rxe5 h3
81. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. Rea1 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5
23. Qd1 Bc8 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Nd2 Be7 26. Qc1 Nb6 27. R1a5 Bd7
28. Qa1 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Bg5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Nf3 Bh6 32. Qa6
Bf8 33. Qb7 Bd6 34. h4 Re7 35. Ra6 Nc8 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Ng5 Qb6
38. Qxb6 Nxb6 39. Ra6 Nc8 40. Bd1 Re8 41. Be2 Kf6 42. Nf1 Ke7
43. Ne3 Bc7 44. g4 Nd6 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bxh5 Rg8 47. Kf1 Rh8
48. Bxf7 Rxh4 49. Be6 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Rb1 51. Nf5+ Nxf5 52. exf5
Rxb2+ 53. Ke3 Be8 54. Ra7 b4 55. Rxc7+ Kd6 56. Rb7 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zeinab Mamedjarova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. f4 b5
17. f5 e5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2 a5 20. Kh1 b4 21. Ra1 Nd7 22. Rf3
b3 23. Bd1 Nb6 24. Nf1 Na4 25. Bc1 Nc5 26. Rg3 Rd6 27. Nd2 Ba6
28. Qg4 Bf8 29. Nf3 b2 30. Bxb2 Nd3 31. Qh5 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Qb6
33. h3 Nxe4+ 34. Kh2 Nxg3 35. Kxg3 Rh6 36. Qg5 Qxb2 37. Rc1 e4
38. Nh4 Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jana Jackova"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 f5
17. Re1 Kh8 18. Nf3 f4 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. a4 Rb8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Bc2 h6 24. d4 Qh3 25. Bd3 Bg4 26. Bf1 Qh5
27. Be2 f3 28. Bf1 Rbe8 29. b3 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxc3 31. Qd3 Nxe4
32. Qxe4 Bd7 33. Be3 Re8 34. Qc2 Bb8 35. Qc5 Qf7 36. b4 Qe6
37. Qh5 Qf5 38. Qxf5 Bxf5 39. d5 cxd5 40. Bxb5 Rd8 41. Bb6 Rc8
42. Bc5 Be5 43. Ra3 Be4 44. h4 d4 45. Bd3 Bc6 46. Kf1 Re8
47. Bg6 Re6 48. Bf7 Rf6 49. Bc4 Be4 50. Ra7 d3 51. Rd7 g5
52. h5 g4 53. Ke1 Bc3+ 54. Kd1 Rf5 55. Bxd3 Bxd3 56. Rxd3 Bg7
57. Rd8+ Kh7 58. Bd4 Bxd4 59. Rxd4 Rg5 60. Kd2 Kg7 61. Kd3 Kf6
62. Rd6+ Ke7 63. Rxh6 Rd5+ 64. Kc3 Re5 65. Rh7+ Ke6 66. Rh8
Kf7 67. h6 Kg6 68. Rd8 Kxh6 69. Rd2 Kg5 70. Rb2 Rb5 71. Kc4
Re5 72. Kd3 Rb5 73. Ke4 Kf6 74. Kf4 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. a4 Bh7 9. a5 a6 10. Nb3 Nc8 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Bd3
Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Na7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Be3 Nb5 16. Nd2 h5 17. Qf4
Nf8 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Qf3 Ng6 20. g3 Kf8 21. Ra4 Kg7 22. c4 Nc7
23. b3 Ne8 24. Qe2 Kg8 25. Nc5 Rb8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. b4 Ng7
28. b5 Qe8 29. Rb1 Nf5 30. Rab4 Ra8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Rb6 Kg7
33. Nxa6 Qa4 34. Nb3 Qc4 35. Qxc4 dxc4 36. Nbc5 Bxc5 37. Nxc5
Nxe3 38. fxe3 Rxa5 39. Rb7 Nxe5 40. Rf1 Rxc5 41. dxc5 Rc8
42. Rb5 Kg6 43. Rc1 Kf5 44. c6 Ke4 45. Rc5 Rc7 46. Kf1 Rxc6
47. Rxc6 Nxc6 48. Rxc4+ Kd5 49. Ra4 Ke5 50. h4 Kf6 51. Ke2 Ne5
52. Ra5 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kf5 54. Ra4 Kg6 55. Kf2 Ng4+ 56. Kf3
Ne5+ 57. Ke4 Ng4 58. Kf4 f6 59. Ra6 e5+ 60. Kf3 Nh2+ 61. Ke4
Ng4 62. Ra3 Nf2+ 63. Kd5 Kf5 64. Ra1 Kg4 65. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Re8 8. Ba4 b5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1
d5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd6 15. Qe2 d4 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3
dxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Nh4 b4 21. cxb4 Nxb4
22. Rec1 Nxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Ba4 Rxd3 25. Rxc5 Rxd2
26. Bxe8 Nxe8 27. Rxe5 Be6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Nb5 30. Nf3 Rd3
31. Nf5 Rc3 32. Re5 Kf8 33. N5d4 Bd7 34. Rd5 Ke8 35. Ne5 Nxd4
36. Rxd4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. b3 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Nb4
12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ba3 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. h3 h6
17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2
Qd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. f3 Na2 24. Nd1 Rd8 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Nf2
Nb4 27. Rd1 Nc2 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. Kg1 Ke7 30. e5 Rxd3 31. Nxd3
Na3 32. Nb2 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Na3 b4 36. Nc2
Bd5 37. Nxb4 Bxb3 38. Nc6+ Kd7 39. Nd4 Bd5 40. Kf2 f6 41. f4
Ke7 42. h4 g5 43. g3 gxf4 44. gxf4 fxe5 45. fxe5 Kf7 46. Kg3
Kg6 47. Kg4 Bc4 48. Kf4 Kh5 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Kg4 Bd5 51. Ne2
Bc4 52. Nf4+ Kf7 53. Kf3 Bb3 54. Ke4 Bc2+ 55. Kd4 Ke7 56. Kc5
Kd7 57. Kb6 Be4 58. Nh5 Bf5 59. Nf6+ Ke7 60. Kc7 Kf7 61. Kd6
Bh3 62. Ne4 Kg6 63. Nc5 Kf7 64. Nb7 Kg6 65. Nd8 Kh5 66. Nxe6
Kxh4 67. Ke7 h5 68. Kf6 Bxe6 69. Kxe6 Kg3 70. Kd7 h4 71. e6 h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "5"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Bf4 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Nb8 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Bh6 Bf8
17. Na4 Kh8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. f4 Bc8 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Nac5 a5
22. a4 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Bc4 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc5 Qf5 26. b3 Ba6
27. Qf2 Bc8 28. Bd4 h6 29. h3 Qg6 30. Kh2 Bf5 31. g4 Bxc5
32. Bxc5 Be4 33. f5 Qg5 34. Be3 Qe7 35. Bf4 Qb4 36. Re3 Qc5
37. Rc1 Rab8 38. h4 Rb4 39. f6 g6 40. c4 Reb8 41. Bxh6 Rxb3
42. Rce1 Rb2 43. R3e2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3
Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Ne5
Qd6 18. Qd1 Rbe8 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Be3 Re7 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6
Qg7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe3 26. Nxe4 dxe4
27. Rxe3 Nd3 28. Rg3 h6 29. h4 Nf4 30. Qg4 Bc8 31. Qd1 Qxe5
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Re1 Bb7 35. Qc2 c5 36. Qc1 c4
37. Bc2 Rh8 38. Qe3 Rh4 39. Qb6 Bd5 40. Qd8 Ne6 41. Qe7 Qf6
42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rge3 Nc5 44. g3 Rh8 45. Rd1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qxd5 Ndxe5 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qf5 Bf6 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qb5
a6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qa4 Nc6 21. c3 Qf5
22. Qb3 b5 23. Rd5 Qe4 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Nxd8 27. h3 h6 28. Qa3 Qc6 29. Bd4 Nb7 30. Qb3 Nc5 31. Qd1 Qd5
32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke2
Ke7 37. Ke3 Nd6 38. Nb3 Nc4+ 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. Nc5 Nxb2 41. Nxa6
Na4 42. c4 bxc4 43. Kxc4 Nb6+ 44. Kb5 Nd5 45. a4 c6+ 46. Kc4
Nb6+ 47. Kb4 Nd5+ 48. Kb3 c5 49. Kc4 Nb6+ 50. Kb5 Nd7 51. a5
Kd5 52. Nc7+ Kd6 53. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2
c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Nc4 16. Bh6 Be6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. b3 Nb6 19. e5 Nc6 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. Rfe1 b4 22. Ne4 Bf5
23. g4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rae8 25. Rae1 Re7 26. Bd3 Rfe8 27. Bxa6
Ndxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bc4 R8e7 30. g5 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxf4
32. Rxf4 Ne5 33. h4 Ra7 34. Re4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxa2 36. Rxc5
Rb2 37. Rb5 Rxb3 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke8 40. Rb5 Ke7 41. Rb7+
Ke6 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rb7 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46. Rd8+
Kc4 47. Rc8+ Kd3 48. Rd8+ Kc2 49. Rb8 Rb1 50. Kf3 b3 51. Rc8+
Kd2 52. Rd8+ Kc3 53. Rc8+ Kd2 54. Rd8+ Ke1 55. Re8+ Kf1
56. Rb8 Rb2 57. Kg3 Rb1 58. f4 Ke2 59. Rb7 Kd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4
Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxa1
Qxb2 22. Rc1 Re8 23. h4 Rf5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qd4 Re7 26. Qc5
Re8 27. Rb1 Qc2 28. Rxb7 Rh5 29. Bg5 Rxg5 30. hxg5 Qc1+
31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qxf3 33. Qxd5+ Qxd5 34. Nxd5 Re5 35. Nf6+
Kf8 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. a4 Nd7 9. a5 Be7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. c4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. g3 Bg5
17. h4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 h6 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Qg4 b5 21. Bf1 a6
22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bh3
Kf7 27. b4 Ke7 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Ne4 Rcc8 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. g4
Rcc8 32. g5 h5 33. g6 Rh8 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. Bxe6 Rxg6 36. Bf5
Rh6 37. d5 Rf8 38. dxc6 Rxf5 39. c7 Rh8 40. c8=Q Rxc8 41. Rxc8
Nxe5 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Rxg7 Nd3 44. Rg6+ Kd7 45. Rxa6 Nxb4
46. Rb6 Re5 47. e4 Nc6 48. a6 Kc7 49. Rb7+ Kc8 50. Nf7 Re6
51. Ng5 Rd6 52. Kf3 Rd3+ 53. Kf4 Ra3 54. Rxb5 Rxa6 55. e5 Ra4+
56. Ne4 Nd4 57. Rc5+ Kd7 58. Rd5+ Ke6 59. Rd6+ Ke7 60. Rh6
Ne6+ 61. Kf5 Ng7+ 62. Kf4 Ne6+ 63. Kf5 Ng7+ 64. Kf4 Ne6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. d4 d6
7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. O-O O-O
12. c3 Na6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rae1 b5 15. Bxb5 c6 16. dxc6 Nc7
17. c4 a6 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Ba4 Rxb2 20. Qa3 Rb8 21. d5 a5
22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxd6 Qe8 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. h3 Bd3 26. Rf2 Re4
27. Nd2 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Na6 29. Qd4 Bg6 30. d6 Qe6 31. d7 Rf8
32. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 Qa6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. a3 Rad8
12. Bh6 e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d5 Bg4 15. Qe3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4
17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 e4 21. Nc3 e3
22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Rd2 Nxg2 24. Rxg2 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rf2
Re4 27. Rhf1 f5 28. b3 Kf6 29. a4 a5 30. Kb2 b6 31. Kc3 Re3+
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3
Ne6 7. Nbd4 c5 8. Nxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Bd3
Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qxb2 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Rb1 O-O-O
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qh3 Ne5 19. Bf1 Bd6 20. Qb3 Rd7
21. h3 Rf8 22. Re2 Nc6 23. c3 g5 24. g3 h4 25. g4 Ne5 26. Bg2
Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Bg3 29. Rbb2 Qe5 30. Re2 Qd6
31. Kg1 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Bf4 33. Qa4 a6 34. c4 Be5 35. Rb1 Bd4
36. Qc2 Rf6 37. a4 Qf4 38. Rbe1 Qd6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Bc2 Qa5 15. a3 Qg5 16. h3 Rad8
17. Bc3 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qh4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf6
22. Qg3 Nb6 23. Bb3 Rd7 24. Re3 Qd8 25. Red3 Nc8 26. Qe3 Nd6
27. g4 a6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nf3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 O-O 16. a3
Bc5 17. Qf4 g6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. b4 Ba7 20. Rd5 Rcd8 21. Rhd1
Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. g3 Bb8 26. b5
Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Rc8
31. Rd2 Rc3 32. a4 Be7 33. Ke2 Bb4 34. Rd4 Ba5 35. h4 h5
36. Rd7 Bb6 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Ra3 Ba5 39. Kf3 Rc2 40. Ra1 Rc3
41. Rd1 Bb6 42. Rd3 Rc1 43. Ra3 Ba5 44. Rd3 Kg7 45. Ra3 Kf6
46. Rd3 Ke5 47. Rd7 Ke6 48. Ra7 Bb4 49. Ra6+ Ke5 50. Ra7 Kf6
51. Be8 Be7 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Rc6 Ra1 54. Rc7 Kf8 55. Bb5 Ra2
56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rc7 Bb4 58. Bc4 Be1 59. Rxf7+ Kh6 60. Be2
Bxg3 61. Kxg3 Rxe2 62. Kf3 Rh2 63. Kg3 Rh1 64. a5 Rg1+ 65. Kf3
Rg4 66. a6 Rxh4 67. a7 Ra4 68. Ke2 h4 69. Kf3 Kg5 70. Rb7 Ra2
71. Rc7 Kh6 72. Kf4 Ra4+ 73. Ke5 h3 74. Kf6 Ra6+ 75. Kf7 h2
76. Kg8 Kg5 77. Rh7 Rxa7 78. Rxh2 Re7 79. Rg2+ Kf6 80. Rg3 g5
81. Kf8 Re4 82. Rh3 g4 83. Rg3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Bc6 6. O-O g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. b4 b6 14. Qb3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. b5 Bb7
17. Bh4 Nf4 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Bg3 h6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ned2 Kh7
22. Qd1 Rad8 23. a5 Bb7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Nd5 26. Qb3 f4
27. Bh4 g5 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Nd6 Qa8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Be2
N7f6 32. Bf3 Qd8 33. h3 gxh4 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Nd2 Qd7 36. Nc4
Qc7 37. Nd2 Ne7 38. Nc4 Ng6 39. Qc2 Re7 40. Ra1 Qd7 41. Qb1
Qe6 42. Ra6 e4 43. Rxb6 Qd5 44. Rd6 Qf5 45. dxe4 Nxe4 46. Rc6
Ng3 47. Qxf5 Re1+ 48. Kh2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd2
Qb6 13. a5 Qb7 14. h3 O-O 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Nc1 h6 17. Bc4 Bxc4
18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Nb3 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Qe2 e4
23. Nh2 Ne5 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Red1 Nc4 26. Bd4 Nd6 27. Ng4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 Qb5 29. Qxb5 Nxb5 30. Bb6 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxc2 32. Rd2
Rc4 33. Rd7 Bf6 34. Nd2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxb2 36. Nxe4 b3 37. Nc5
Be5+ 38. g3 b2 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Nd7 Bd6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be3 Qe7
12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nf5 Qxe4 14. Bc2 Qc4 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Bxc5
Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kd7 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Nxf7 Re8 20. Nd6 Rd8
21. Rfe1 Kc7 22. Nf5 Nbd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Nxg7 Rg8 25. Nf5 Rg5
26. h4 Rg4 27. f3 Rgg8 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. f5 O-O 16. Rf3 Ne5
17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Rf1 b5 19. Ne2 Qxa2 20. Ned4 Nc4 21. Qf4 e5
22. Qg4 Rg8 23. Bxf7 Bh6 24. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Bf4 Nd7
12. Rd3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Re8
17. Re1 b6 18. Nh4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxe6+ Bxe6 21. Qxe6+
Kf8 22. Ng6+ hxg6 23. Rh3 Qh6 24. Rxh6 gxh6 25. Qxc6 Rac8
26. Qf3 Rc7 27. Qf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Nd2 c6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfe8
17. g4 Be6 18. Qe2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. b4 Ne6
22. Bg3 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Nb3 Ra4 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Nd2 Nf4
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Nf3 Rb8 30. Qe2 Rb3 31. e5 Qb7
32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxc6 Rxb2 35. Qxa4 Bxc3 36. Re8+
Kg7 37. Qe4 Bf6 38. Ra8 Qb7 39. Qe8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O
Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 c6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nc3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. d4 Bh3 15. Qh5 Rae8 16. Rxe8
Rxe8 17. Qxh3 Re1+ 18. Bf1 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Qd7
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Bxa2 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2 a4
12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Na5+ 14. Kb2 Qd7 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Qd5
b5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc6 Ra6
21. Nxe7+ Kf7 22. Bxb5 Rb6 23. c4 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. Kc3
Ra8 26. Be3 Rbb8 27. Bc6 Ra3+ 28. Kd2 Rb4 29. c5 Ra2 30. cxd6
cxd6 31. Bf3 d5 32. Rc1 h6 33. Kd3 Rba4 34. c3 Ra1 35. Rxa1
Rxa1 36. h4 Kf6 37. g3 g5 38. h5 Ra4 39. Bd1 Ra1 40. Kd2 e5
41. Bc5 Ra2+ 42. Bc2 e4 43. Kc1 Kf5 44. Bd1 Ra1+ 45. Kc2 Ra2+
46. Kb1 Ra5 47. g4+ Ke5 48. Bd4+ Kf4 49. Bg7 Ra6 50. Be2 Rb6+
51. Kc2 Rb7 52. Bxh6 e3 53. fxe3+ Kxe3 54. Bd1 Kf4 55. Bf8 Rf7
56. Bc5 Ke4 57. Bd4 Rh7 58. Bf6 Rc7 59. h6 Kf4 60. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5
12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Bxc4 Qg6
17. Rae1 Nd8 18. Bd5 Rc8 19. Be3 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. Qc2 g6 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Rxb7 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. h4 Rb7 29. h5 Kf7 30. hxg6+ hxg6 31. Qe2
Bf8 32. c4 Bg7 33. Rc1 Qc5 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Rc7 36. c5
Rc6 37. e4 fxe4 38. Rc4 Bf8 39. Be3 g5 40. Kf2 Be7 41. g4 Ke8
42. Ke2 Ra6 43. a4 Ra5 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Kc3 Kc6 46. Kb4 Ra6
47. Rxe4 Rb6+ 48. Kc3 Rb1 49. Kd2 Rb2+ 50. Kc3 Re2 51. Kd3 Ra2
52. Rc4 a5 53. Ke4 Re2 54. Kf3 Ra2 55. Rd4 Ra3 56. Rc4 Kd5
57. Rc2 Kc6 58. Rc4 Kd5 59. Rd4+ Kc6 60. Rc4 Ra2 61. Ke4 Ra3
62. Kf3 Ra2 63. Bf2 Ra3+ 64. Ke4 Ra1 65. Be3 Ra2 66. Kf3 Ra3
67. Ke4 Ra2 68. Kf3 Ra3 69. Ke2 Ra2+ 70. Kd3 Ra3+ 71. Ke2 Ra2+
72. Kf3 Ra3 73. Rc2 Rxa4 74. Rb2 Rb4 75. Ra2 a4 76. Ke2 Bxc5
77. Rc2 Rb5 78. Bxg5 Kd5 79. Bf6 a3 80. Kd3 Rb3+ 81. Kd2 Bd4
82. g5 Rb2 83. g6 Rxc2+ 84. Kxc2 a2 85. g7 a1=Q 86. g8=Q
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Nc3 c6
7. Nd4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Kh1 a6
12. Nce2 c5 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 f5 19. c3 Ne6 20. Rd1 d4 21. Qc4 Re8
22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qxf4 25. Kg1 Qxe5 26. Re1
Qd6 27. Re2 b5 28. Qb3 Kf8 29. Be1 a5 30. Rf2 b4 31. Rd1 Nc5
32. Qf3 Ra7 33. a3 bxa3 34. Qxa3 Rd7 35. Bxa5 Na6 36. Qxd6+
Rxd6 37. b4 Kf7 38. b5 Nb8 39. Rc2 Be5 40. Nf1 d3 41. Rcd2 Rd5
42. Rxd3 Rxb5 43. Bc3 Bxc3 44. Rxc3 Rbe5 45. Nd2 Rd5 46. Rc7+
Kg8 47. Kh2 Nd7 48. Rcc1 Nf6 49. Nf3 Rxd1 50. Rxd1 Re7 51. Rd6
Kg7 52. Ra6 Ne4 53. Nd4 Kf7 54. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Be2 h5
12. Kb1 Be7 13. Rhf1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Bf3 b4
17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Nc1 a5 19. Nd3 Qd4 20. Qe2 Bb5 21. Bxh5 a4
22. Bf3 Rxh2 23. Qf2 Qc4 24. b3 Qc3 25. Qd2 axb3 26. cxb3 Qd4
27. Rfe1 Rc3 28. Nf2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Bd8 30. Ng4 Rh8 31. Rxd6
Bd3+ 32. Kb2 Bc7 33. Rd4 Bxf4 34. Nxf6+ Ke7 35. e5 Bxe5
36. Ng8+ Kf8 37. Rd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6
12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5
17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Ka1
Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4
26. f3 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5
31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3 Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3
36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+ Kg8
41. Qb4 Red8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O b5 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bf3 Bd6 11. g3 Ne7
12. Qe2 Be5 13. Bg2 c5 14. Be3 Bd4 15. Nd1 O-O 16. c3 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 Rad8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nc2 Rd7 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc6 24. Nf3 Rd3 25. Qe4 h6 26. Ra2 Rfd8
27. Rea1 Qc5 28. Ra6 Ne7 29. Ra8 g6 30. R1a7 Qc6 31. Rxd8+
Rxd8 32. Qh4 Rd3 33. Qf6 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Nd4 b4 36. h4
h5 37. Qf3 bxc3 38. bxc3 Qc7 39. Qe4 Nd5 40. Ne2 Qc5 41. Qb1
Ne7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qd6 Qxd6 44. exd6 Nc6 45. d7 Kf6 46. Nd4
Nd8 47. Nb5 Ke7 48. Na3 Kxd7 49. Nxc4 f6 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Ke4
Kc5 52. Kd3 Nc6 53. Ne3 Ne5+ 54. Ke4 Nf7 55. Kd3 Nd6 56. Nc2
e5 57. Ne3 g5 58. Ke2 Ne4 59. c4 Nd6 60. Nd5 Ne8 61. Ne3 Kd4
62. Nf5+ Kxc4 63. g4 Nc7 64. gxh5 Ne6 65. h6 Nf8 66. hxg5 fxg5
67. Kf3 Kd3 68. Kg4 Ke2 69. Kxg5 Kxf2 70. Kf6 e4 71. Kf7 Nh7
72. Kg6 Nf8+ 73. Kg7 Ne6+ 74. Kf6 Nf8 75. Nd4 e3 76. Kg7 Ne6+
77. Nxe6 e2 78. Nf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Qc2 Bxc5 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Neg5 g6 16. Rac1 Bb7
17. h4 Rac8 18. h5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qe5 20. f4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Qd4+
22. Kh2 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nxd3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be1
Qxf4+ 27. Bg3 Qxg5 28. Qxd3 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Bd5 30. Rf1 Bc4
31. Qc3 Rc5 32. Rf2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3
Bd6 7. h3 c5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Re8
12. Nfd2 Nf8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Be3 d5
17. Qf3 Be6 18. a5 Qd7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qg3 d4 21. Bf4 Nxf4
22. Qxf4 b5 23. b3 Qc6 24. Nf3 h6 25. g4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8
27. Rf1 Rc8 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Ra1 g5 31. Ra5 b4
32. Kg3 Kg7 33. h4 Kf6 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. h5 Rc7 36. Nd2 Ke5
37. Nf3+ Kf6 38. Nd2 Ke7 39. Nf3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Qh5 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h3 g6
12. Qe2 O-O 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. g4 Re8 16. Qf2 a5
17. Kb1 a4 18. a3 b5 19. f5 Rb8 20. g5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 b4
22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rxb4+ 24. Ka1 Bxf5 25. Bd4 Qa8 26. Bc3
Rf4 27. Bg2 Be4 28. Qd4 f6 29. gxf6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qf3
Bb7 13. Qg3 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Qf2 Nh5 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nc3 Nh5
18. Ne2 g6 19. Bd4 Rh7 20. f5 e5 21. Be3 g5 22. Nd2 Nf4
23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nc3 Nh5 27. Kh2 Rc8
28. Rfc1 Ng3 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qc5 31. Qf3 Bd8 32. f6 Rh6
33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxf6 35. Qg4 Bb6 36. Qxh4 Ke7 37. Ra3
Qf2 38. Qxf2 Bxf2 39. Rxa5 Be3 40. Rca1 Rc4 41. Bd3 Rd4
42. R1a4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 f3 44. gxf3 Rxf3 45. Rxa6 f5 46. Ra4 e4
47. Bxe4 Rf4 48. Ra3 Rxe4 49. Kg2 Bf4 50. Kf3 Be5 51. c3 Rh4
52. Kg2 Kf6 53. Ra8 Kg5 54. Rc8 Re4 55. Kf3 Re1 56. b4 Rc1
57. c4 Rc3+ 58. Kg2 f4 59. c5 f3+ 60. Kf1 Bd4 61. Re8 f2
62. Kg2 Rc1 63. Rf8 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Bb7 6. d4 Nf6
7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4
b5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. e3 Qc8 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Qe2 Qe8
18. Rc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Nexc4 bxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Nxc4 Qe6 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Qd3 c6 25. Nf3 Qe4 26. Qd1 Ba6
27. Nd4 Qe8 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Qe5 30. Nxc6 Qg5 31. Qxg5
fxg5 32. Nxd8 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Rxd8 34. c6 Kg7 35. b5 Rb8 36. c7
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d5 e6 12. a3
Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb5 14. c4 Qxc4 15. Nd2 Qxf4 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Nb6+
cxb6 18. Qxb6 Qd6 19. Qa7 exd5 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Nc4 Bc5
22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nd4 11. Rb1 a4
12. Nxe5 Bb3 13. Rxb3 axb3 14. e3 Nc2 15. Bxb7 O-O 16. Nc6 Qd7
17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. a4 Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20. d4 Bf6 21. Qd3 Qd5
22. Bb2 g6 23. Rc1 h5 24. e4 Qc4 25. Qf3 Bg5 26. Ne5 Qe6
27. d5 Qe8 28. Rd1 f6 29. Qxb3 Rb4 30. Qxc2 fxe5 31. Bc3 Rxb5
32. Qa2 Qf7 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Bxe5 Bf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Qc6
Qf3 37. Qxc7+ Kg8 38. Qc2 h4 39. Qd3 Qf7 40. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O c6 8. Bg5 b5 9. Ne5 Ra6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. e3
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd3 c5 15. Nd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 cxd4 17. Nc5
Ra7 18. exd4 b4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. d5
Ra6 23. d6 Qf8 24. Rac1 f5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Bd7 27. Bb7
Raa8 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Qb6 f4 30. Rc7 Rd8 31. Ra7 fxg3
32. hxg3 Kh7 33. Qb7 Qf5 34. Re1 Qc2 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Rxe4 a4
37. bxa4 b3 38. Rb4 Be8 39. Ra6 Rc8 40. Rxb3 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Bc6+
42. f3 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. d7 Rc2+ 46. Ke3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2
h6 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4
18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rg3 Nbd3 20. Rf1 Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Qf6 22. Nf5 g6
23. f4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Ne3 Rac8 26. Qb1 Qd4 27. Kh2 Bg7
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rd1 b4 30. Rf3 Ba6 31. Qa2 Bb5 32. Qa5 Rb8
33. Qc7 Red8 34. b3 Qc3 35. Qe7 Bf6 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Qb6 Be8
38. Nec4 Qc2 39. Rff1 Rab8 40. Qc7 Qc3 41. e5 Bg7 42. exd6 Bd7
43. Qa7 Bf5 44. Qe3 Re8 45. Qf3 Re2 46. Rf2 Rbe8 47. d7 Bxd7
48. Nd6 Rxf2 49. Qxf2 Re2 50. Qa7 Be8 51. Qb8 Kf8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bh4 Be6
17. Qc2 h6 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 a5 21. Rad1 Qe7
22. f4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxc3 24. Qf2 Ne7 25. Bd3 Rad8 26. Qf3 Qb2
27. Bh4 Rd7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. f5 Bd5 30. Qg3 Rd7 31. f6 g5
32. Re2 Qb4 33. Qh3 Bxg2+ 34. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "39"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. O-O Nc6 11. b5 Ne5
12. Nxc3 Qd6 13. h3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Ra4 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6
17. Rd4 Rac8 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. Bb1 Qe5 20. Ne2 Qg5 21. f4 Qh5
22. Qe1 Bd7 23. Bd3 Ne4 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 f6 26. f5 Qe8
27. Rg4 Qe7 28. Bd4 Be8 29. Rff4 h5 30. Rh4 Rc1+ 31. Rf1 Rdc8
32. Rhf4 Nd7 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Rf1 Rc8 35. Be2 b6 36. Qh4 Qf7
37. Qf4 Nc5 38. Rc1 Rd8 39. b4 Nb3 40. Rc7 Qf8 41. Bc3 Nc1
42. Bf1 Na2 43. Bd2 Bf7 44. Qd4 Rc8 45. Rc6 a5 46. bxa5 bxa5
47. Bxa5 Re8 48. Bd2 Qa3 49. b6 Qb3 50. Rc7 Qb1 51. b7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "40"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Ng4 6. Bf4 O-O
7. h3 Nf6 8. Qd2 c6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 b4
12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Kb1 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd6 exd6
17. dxc5 Rb8 18. Ka1 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Ned4
Bxb3 22. cxb3 Rfe8 23. h4 h5 24. Qg5 Kg8 25. Qh6 Nd5 26. Nf5
Nxb3+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. bxc3 Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "41"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nf3
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Ne5 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Nxc4 Rb8 12. O-O Nd5 13. Qxa7 Rb4 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Na5 Ra8
16. Qc5 Rxb2 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Qxc6 Rba7 19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Qxd5 h6 21. e3 Ra5 22. Qc4 R8a7 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Rac1 Rh5
25. Qc6 Qh3 26. Qg2 Qd7 27. h4 Rha5 28. Qc6 Qf5 29. Qe8+ Kh7
30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. f4 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "42"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Bg2 g5 13. h4 gxf4 14. Nde2 Ne5 15. Qxf4 Bg7 16. Kb1 Bd7
17. g5 O-O-O 18. Rh3 Kb8 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nb3 hxg5 21. hxg5
Rxh3 22. Bxh3 Nc4 23. Rd3 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 25. Kb1 Be5
26. Qd2 a5 27. Bf1 Bb5 28. Rxd6 Bxf1 29. Rd7 Qb6 30. Rxf7 Bc4
31. Qxa5 Qg1+ 32. Nc1 Qd4 33. c3 Bd3+ 34. Kb2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 O-O
12. c3 Re8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. a4 Bd3
17. Nd2 Nf6 18. c4 Bg6 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Bd2 Ne4 21. Bf4 Bb4
22. Re2 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Re5 f6 25. c5 Rd5 26. Re3 Bf7
27. Bf1 Qa8 28. Bc4 Rdd8 29. Rc1 Qc8 30. Rc2 Qd7 31. Kg2 Re7
32. Rce2 Rde8 33. Re4 Kf8 34. g4 Qc7 35. h3 Qd7 36. g5 e5
37. dxe5 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. Rf4 Re6 41. Rc2
Ke7 42. exf6+ gxf6 43. Rh4 Rh8 44. g6 h5 45. Nd4 Re5 46. f4
Re4 47. Nf5+ Ke6 48. Ng7+ Ke7 49. Rxh5 Rg8 50. Nf5+ Ke6 51. g7
d4 52. Kf3 d3 53. Kxe4 dxc2 54. Nd4+ Kf7 55. Nxc2 Rxg7 56. Rd5
Rg2 57. Nxb4 axb4 58. b3 Re2+ 59. Kd3 Rf2 60. Rd4 Rf3+ 61. Kc4
Ke6 62. Kxb4 Kf5 63. a5 Rxh3 64. Kc4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. g4 Bg6
12. Nc4 h5 13. g5 h4 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. Nf5 Bh5 16. N5xh4 g6
17. d4 exd4 18. Qc4 Bg7 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Qb4 c5 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Bf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 O-O 26. O-O-O Qa4
27. Kb1 cxd4 28. Rd2 Rb4 29. Qd6 d3 30. Rc1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. f4 O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bf3
Nb4 13. Rf2 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Nd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rd2 exf4 17. Bf2
e5 18. Rxd7 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Nc5 Rxc5 22. Bxc5
e4 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Be2 Nc6 25. Bc4 Qf5 26. Rd5 Ne5 27. Qd4
Bg7 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Qd6 1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxc3
7. bxc3 h6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. O-O Na5 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Qg4 O-O-O 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Bc6 16. Qf4
Rd5 17. Bd4 f5 18. Qe3 g5 19. Nd2 f4 20. Qh3 Bxc5 21. Qxe6+
Kb8 22. Nb3 Be7 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Qxh6 Qc8 25. e6 Ka8 26. Rfe1
b6 27. c4 R5d6 28. c3 Qb7 29. Qh3 Qa6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Qc4
32. Nd7 Qd5 33. Re5 Qc4 34. Ra5 R8xd7 35. exd7 Rxd7 36. Rb1 a6
37. Qh8+ Rd8 1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nezihe Ezgi Menzi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2
Qe7 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Ng3 Bg7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. c4 c5
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Red1 Nc5 20. Qxd6 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qb7 22. cxb5
Qxb5 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Nd2 Ne6 25. Nc4 Qb4 26. Qc3 Reb8 27. Nd2
Qb7 28. f3 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qa5 Bb5 32. b4 d3
33. Qa3 Rc2 34. Rab1 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 36. Ngf1 Bd4 37. Kh2
Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8
13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nf1 Ne7 17. dxe5 Bxe3
18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qf8 21. Nh6+ gxh6
22. exf6 Qxf6+ 23. Kg1 Ng6 24. Ne3 Re8 25. Nd5 Qe5 26. Qd4 c5
27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rad1 Kg7 29. Ne3 Bxe4 30. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. O-O Ne6 11. f4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bf5 13. Na4 Qb8 14. Be3 Qb5 15. b3 Ba3 16. c3 O-O
17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rf2 a5 19. h3 h5 20. Kh2 Be7 21. Rg1 g6
22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Be4 24. Kg3 Rf8 25. Rh2 f6 26. e6 Rae8
27. Qxe4 f5 28. Qd4 Bf6 29. Qd2 Rxe6 30. Bd4 Rfe8 31. Bxf6
Re3+ 32. Kh4 Kf7 33. Kg5 d4 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Qxd4 fxg4+
36. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3
b6 13. Bf3 Bc8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Rfe1
Rfe8 18. Re2 Ba8 19. Red2 Rb8 20. Qg3 Na5 21. Nxa5 bxa5
22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Rb4 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Qc8 26. Bc3 Rc4
27. Bxa8 Qxa8 28. b3 Rcc8 29. Be5 g6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Nd5
32. c4 Ne3 33. Re1 Nf5 34. Bc3 Rb8 35. Rb1 Rec8 36. Rdd1 Bb4
37. Be5 Rb7 38. Rd3 Be7 39. Rbd1 f6 40. Bb2 Kf7 41. Nc1 Rc6
42. Bc3 Bd6 43. Bxa5 Bxf4 44. Ne2 Bd6 45. Nd4 Nxd4 46. Rxd4
Ke7 47. Bd8+ Kxd8 48. Rxd6+ Rxd6 49. Rxd6+ Ke7 50. Rd3 a5
51. Kg2 e5 52. Kf2 Ke6 53. Ke2 f5 54. Kd2 e4 55. fxe4 fxe4
56. Rc3 Ke5 57. Ke3 Rf7 58. c5 Kd5 59. Rc1 Rf3+ 60. Ke2 Kc6
61. b4 axb4 62. Rc4 b3 63. Rxe4 Rh3 64. Rb4 Kxc5 65. Rb8 Kd5
1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Masha Klinova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3
f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e4 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. f3 exf3
12. Qxf3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. d5 O-O 15. dxc6 Qb6+ 16. Qf2 Qxc6
17. Nf3 d5 18. h3 Ne4 19. Qe2 Bc5+ 20. Be3 Ng3 21. Qd2 Nxf1
22. Rxf1 Rae8 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 d4 0-1

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Betul Cemre Yildiz"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. Nf1 Ng5 16. Ng3 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ne7 20. d4 c5 21. Qf2 Bc6
22. Rf1 Qc7 23. Bb3 c4 24. Bc2 Qa5 25. Qd2 Qa7 26. Bd1 Qb7
27. Bf3 Re8 28. Bh5 Ng6 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. d5 Bd7 31. Qf2 Bxf5
32. exf5 Ne7 33. f6 Nxd5 34. fxg7 Re7 35. Ra1 Nb6 36. Qf6 Rd7
37. Bg4 Rd8 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kubra Ozturk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qc2
Qc7 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nb5 Qb8 9. a3 Be7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O
12. Qc2 b6 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O Bb7 15. b4 a6 16. Nd4 Bd6 17. f4
Nxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 19. Be3 Be7 20. Rac1 a5 21. Qb2 axb4
22. axb4 Ra4 23. c5 Bd5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 bxc5 26. bxc5
Qb3 27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Bf2 Rb8 29. Re1 Bf6 30. Bf1 Qa2 31. Qe2
Rb2 32. Qe3 Qa4 33. Be2 Qb4 34. Rd1 Rb3 35. Qd2 Qb7 36. Bf1
Be4 37. Rc1 Rb2 38. Qc3 Qb8 39. Rd1 Rc2 40. Qe3 Qb2 41. h3 Qa2
42. g3 Rb2 43. Bg2 Qa4 44. Rd2 Rb3 45. Qe2 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qc3
47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rc2 Qd3 49. Rd2 Qb1 50. c6 dxc6 51. Qc4 Kf7
52. Qxc6 0-1

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 d6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2
Rb8 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Nc1 Be7 16. Nb3 O-O 17. a5
Nd7 18. Qg4 Re8 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. b3 Rf8 22. Qh5 Bb7
23. Nf3 Bxe4 24. Nxe5 g6 25. Qe2 Bb7 26. Ng4 Qc6 27. f3 f6
28. Kh1 h5 29. Nf2 e5 30. Bc1 Ne6 31. Nd3 Nd4 32. Qe3 Nf5
33. Qf2 Kh7 34. Bb2 Bd6 35. Rad1 Rbe8 36. Qb6 Qxb6 37. axb6 h4
38. Nf2 Bc5 39. Ne4 Bd4 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. Nxf6+ Rxf6 42. Rxe8
h3 43. Bf1 Rxb6 44. Rde1 hxg2+ 45. Bxg2 Kh6 46. f4 Bxg2+
47. Kxg2 Rc6 48. R1e2 Ne3+ 49. Kf3 Nxc2 50. R2e7 g5 51. f5 g4+
52. Kf4 Kh5 53. Rh8+ Rh6 54. Reh7 1-0

[Event "First ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3 Ba5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Qe7 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bg5 Qc5 16. Rfc1
Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. e4 Ndb6 19. a4 h6 20. Bd2 e5 21. a5 Nd7
22. Bf1 Nxa5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. c4 b6 25. Nh4 Nc5 26. Rab1 Bd7
27. Nf5 Bc6 28. Bg2 h5 29. Qe2 g6 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Qe3 f6
32. Nh4 Be8 33. Bh3 Qe7 34. Qh6 Qg7 35. Qd2 Nc6 36. Qd5+ Kh8
37. Qxc5 Nd4 38. Rd1 Ba4 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Qxd4 Rad8 41. Qe3
Bd7 42. Bg2 Be6 43. c5 Rfe8 44. c6 g5 45. Rb7 Rd1+ 46. Bf1 Qg8
47. Qe2 Bg4 48. Qb2 Qe6 49. Ng2 Qxc6 50. Ne3 Rd7 51. Rb8 Rxb8
52. Qxb8+ Kg7 53. Bb5 Rb7 54. Bxc6 Rxb8 55. Kg2 a5 56. h3 Be6
57. Nd5 Rb2 58. Kf3 Bxd5 59. Bxd5 a4 60. e5 a3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yves Duhayon"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. c3 O-O
12. Ng3 f5 13. Bxf5 Nf4 14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Nf5 Rxf5 16. Bxf5 Nd3+
17. Kd1 Qd6 18. b4 e4 19. Bxe4 Rf8 20. Bxd3 Rxf3 21. Bxa6 Rxf2
22. bxa5 Qd5 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Kc2 Rxg2 25. Bd3 Rxh2 26. Re8+
Kf7 27. Re4 Qxa5 28. Na3 Bxa3 29. Bxa3 g5 30. Rf1+ Kg8
31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Zaremba"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 d6
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bc4 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nh2 O-O-O
12. Qe2 d5 13. Ba6 Qc6 14. Bxb7+ Qxb7 15. c4 f5 16. a4 dxc4
17. Qxc4 a5 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. Nb1 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5
22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 Bd6 24. Nf1 Rd8 25. Nd2 g5 26. Qc2 f4
27. Nc4 fxe3 28. Nxd6 R5xd6 29. Rxe3 Rxd4 30. Qc6 Qxc6
31. Rxc6 R8d6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Kh2 Kb7 34. Kg3 Rd4 35. b3 Kc6
36. Re6+ Rd6 37. Re3 Kc5 38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Kb4 40. Kh5 c5
41. g4 c4 42. bxc4 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.01.28"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7
7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6
12. Bc1 Nd5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Bf3 N7b6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. bxc3
Kf7 17. c4 Nb4 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Rad1
Na4 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qe4 Nc6 24. Rfe1 e5 25. Nb5 f5 26. Qc2
Nb6 27. Qc1 e4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Be2 Nd7 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rxd8
Nxd8 32. Qd2 Ne6 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. Nxb7 Qb6 35. Na5 e3 36. fxe3
Ne4 37. Qb4+ Qxb4 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39. Nxb4 Nc3 40. Bf3 a5 41. Nc6
a4 42. a3 Nb1 43. Nd4 Nxa3 44. Nxe6 Kxe6 45. Bd1 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7
7. e3 b6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Qd7
12. Ne5 Qe6 13. Nb5 Rfc8 14. f4 Bf8 15. g4 a6 16. g5 axb5
17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Nd8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qf3 Rc7 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Rf2 Qf5 23. e4 Qc8 24. Ng4 Ra6 25. Rg2 Rcc6 26. Kh1
c4 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Qc3 Qe6 29. f5 Qd6 30. e5 Qd3 31. e6 Qxc3
32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Bxc3 Rc7 36. Re1
Ra3 37. f6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anthony Stebbings"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Rb8
12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 c5 14. Qc2 d6 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nc3 g6
17. f5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. e5 Bxe5 20. fxg6 f5 21. Bxf5 Nf6
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6 Rd8 24. Bf4 d5 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Qe3 Bxf4
27. Rxf4 d4 28. Qg3 dxc3 29. h8=Q+ Kxh8 30. Rh4+ Kg8 31. Bf7+
Kxf7 32. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Venkatachalam Saravanan"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qd3 exd4 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bg5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qf5 O-O
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd1 Qa1 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Nd5
Ng6 22. Nxc7 Bb6 23. Nd5 Qxb3 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Rxd6 Bd8
26. Nd5 Qb2 27. Ne3 Be7 28. Rd7 b4 29. Ng4 Kg7 30. g3 Rd8
31. Rb7 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Ra7 Qe6 34. h4 Re8 35. h5 Nf8
36. Qf4 h6 37. Ne5 Kg8 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Qxf7+ Qxf7 40. Nxf7 Bc5
41. Nxh6+ Kh8 42. e5 Re6 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. f4 Re7 45. Nh6+ Kh7
46. Rb5 Kxh6 47. Rxc5 Rb7 48. Rc1 Kxh5 49. Kf3 b3 50. g4+ Kg6
51. f5+ Kf7 52. Ke4 b2 53. Rb1 Nh7 54. Kd3 Rb5 55. e6+ Kf6
56. Kc3 Ng5 57. Rxb2 Rxb2 58. Kxb2 Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.02.01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lasse Ostebo Lovik"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 b5
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Ne2 d5 16. Bf4 e5
17. Bg3 Qb7 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bf5 Nb6 20. Bxe5 O-O 21. Rhg1
Rfd8 22. Qc1 Nc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Bxg5
26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Nf4 Rd6 28. Qh4 Qc6 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh4+
Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.02.02"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Zozulia"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. O-O a5
12. a4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. c3 Ne7 15. Bd3 Nxd5 16. Bxf5 Nf4
17. Bg4 Kh8 18. g3 Ng6 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Bg2 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Rf8
22. Nd4 Be3 23. Kh1 Rxf2 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Qd5 Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6
27. Bxc6 Ne7 28. Bg2 Rxb2 29. Rf1 g6 30. g4 g5 31. Rd1 Ng6
32. Bc6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.02.03"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Qf3 Nxc3
12. dxc5 d4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxe5
17. Bf6 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Rg8 19. Bxd4 Nd5 20. g3 Bd7 21. Nf3 Bc6
22. Ne5 Nb4 23. Nxc6 Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxa1 25. Na5 b6 26. Rxa1
bxa5 27. Rb1 Rg5 28. Rb5 Rd5 29. Be3 O-O-O 30. Ke2 Rxd3
31. Rxa5 Kb7 32. c6+ Kxc6 33. Ra6+ Kb5 34. Rxa7 R3d7 35. Rxd7
Rxd7 36. h4 e5 37. Bg5 f5 38. Bf6 Rd5 39. Be7 Kc4 40. Bf8 Rd7
41. Bb4 Rd3 42. Be7 Rb3 43. Bf8 Kd4 44. Bd6 Kd5 45. Bb4 Ke4
46. Kd1 Rb2 47. Bd2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2010.02.04"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Degtiarev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rd1 Rfe8 14. h4 h6 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6
17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Ne5 Qa4 20. Qe3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bf8
22. g4 Qa5 23. Bxh6 Red8 24. Qf4 Rxd4 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. g5 Qd2
27. Re3 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. gxf6 Rg1+ 31. Kf3
Qd1+ 32. Re2 Re1 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Bxf6 35. Ng4 Bxh4
36. Rd7 a5 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Nxf7 Ra1 39. Ne5+ Kf8 40. Rd3 Ra2
41. Kg4 Be7 42. Nc4 Bc5 43. f4 Rg2+ 44. Kh5 Kf7 45. Ne5+ Ke8
46. f5 exf5 47. exf5 Ke7 48. Rf3 Ra2 49. f6+ Ke6 50. Nc4 a4
51. f7 b5 52. Na5 Bf8 53. Nc6 Rxa3 54. Rf1 Rc3 55. Nd4+ Kd7
56. Rd1 Rc5+ 57. Kg4 Ke7 58. Kf3 Kxf7 59. Ke4 Bg7 60. Nf5 Be5
61. Ne3 Ke6 62. Rd8 Bb2 63. Ra8 a3 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Kd3 Kc7
66. Nc2 Kb7 67. Ra5 Kb6 68. Ra8 Rc3+ 69. Kd2 Rb3 70. Kd1 Rh3
71. Kd2 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qe8 11. e4 Bb4
12. Re3 Be7 13. Nc3 d6 14. Nd3 h6 15. Re2 Qc6 16. Rc1 Rad8
17. f3 Qb7 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. a3 Bf6 20. Be3 Be7 21. Qc2 c6
22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Qb5 Nac5 26. Nxc5 bxc5
27. Qxa5 Ra8 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Rfb8 30. Nc3 Nb6 31. Rcc2
Nc4 32. Na2 Ra4 33. Bc1 Na5 34. Nc3 Rc4 35. Nd1 Ra4 36. Nc3
Rc4 37. Nb1 Ra4 38. Nc3 Rc4 39. Nd1 Ra4 40. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5
Be8 12. Rd3 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. h3 Nh4 16. Be3 b6
17. Ng3 h5 18. f4 Be6 19. Nce2 Bd5 20. Nd4 Nxg2 21. Ndf5 Bf8
22. Rad1 h4 23. Nf1 g6 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Rd8+ Kb7 26. Rxa8 Kxa8
27. Rd8+ Kb7 28. Kxg2 gxf5 29. Nd2 Bxa2 30. b3 a5 31. Bd4 a4
32. Kf1 Rg8 33. bxa4 Bd5 34. a5 bxa5 35. Bc5 Bxc5 36. Rxg8 a4
37. Nb1 a3 38. Nxa3 Bxa3 39. Rh8 c5 40. Rxh4 c4 41. Ke2 Be4
42. Kd2 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marina Romanko Nechaeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7
7. Nd2 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bg3 d6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Ne2
Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bc2 Bf6 16. Rab1 a5 17. b3
Re8 18. Qd1 c6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Re1 Nd4 21. Bd3 b5 22. Nf3 b4
23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bc2 c5 25. Qd3 Qg5 26. Kh1 Qg6 27. f3 Bc6
28. Bf4 a4 29. Be3 axb3 30. axb3 Be5 31. Bd2 Ra2 32. Re2 Qh5
33. g4 Qh3 34. Rf2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Bxh2 36. Rbf1 Bg3+ 37. Kg1
Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 h5 39. gxh5 Re5 40. Bf4 Rxh5 41. Bh2 Rg5+
42. Kh1 f5 43. Qe2 fxe4 44. fxe4 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Qh6 11. Be2 Nxe5
12. Qd2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. f5 Qh5 15. f6 Nd5 16. fxg7 Re8
17. Bf2 Bb7 18. Na3 Bd6 19. g3 Nf4 20. gxf4 Qd5 21. Be3 Rxe3
22. Nf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.06"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Qd2
Be6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nge2 c6 15. a3 Ba5 16. Rc1 Kf8 17. b4 Bc7
18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 f6 20. Kf1 Kg7 21. b5 Bd5 22. N2c3 Bb6
23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 Bxd4 25. Nxd5 Qe5 26. Bc4 Nb6 27. Nxb6
axb6 28. Re1 Qc5 29. Qb4 Rxa3 30. Qxc5 Bxc5 31. Rd1 f5
32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Be2 Ra1+ 34. Rd1 Ra2 35. f4 gxf4 36. Rxh5 f3
37. Rxh8 fxe2+ 38. Ke1 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatjana Molchanova"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 Bg6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bb5 c4 11. b3 cxb3
12. axb3 Qd7 13. c4 Nge7 14. c5 O-O 15. Nc3 a6 16. Be2 f6
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qd2 Raf8 19. Ra4 Qc7 20. Nh4 Qf4 21. Qxf4
Rxf4 22. Nf3 Bh5 23. Ng5 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 R4f6 25. f4 h6 26. Nf3
g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Re1 Rg6 29. Ng3 Rf4 30. Nh5 Rf7 31. Re2
Nf5 32. Rf2 Ng7 33. Ng3 Nf5 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Nxg3
36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. hxg3 Rg7 38. g4 Ke8 39. Rb4 Rc7 40. Rb6 Rxc5
41. Rxe6+ Kf7 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Kf2 Rb5 44. Ke3 Rb4 45. Rd6
Rxb3+ 46. Kd4 a5 47. Rh6 Rb1 48. Kxd5 a4 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rh8+
Ke7 51. Rh7+ Kf8 52. Rh8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Beat Zueger"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4
7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nge2 f5 9. Qh3 c5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5
12. f4 Qd8 13. a3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Nxc3 c4 16. g4 Nc6
17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rg1 Ne7 19. Qh4 Rg8 20. Rd2 Qa6 21. Rdg2 Qe6
22. Nb5 Rb8 23. Nc7 Qc6 24. Rxg7 Rxg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxe7+
Kg6 27. e6 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rg8 29. Be2 c3 30. h4 h5 1-0

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Forster"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 Qd5 6. Qa4+ c6
7. Qxc4 Bxa3 8. Qxd5 exd5 9. bxa3 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Rb1 Nbd7
12. Nd4 Nc5 13. O-O Na4 14. Be3 a6 15. Rb4 c5 16. Rxa4 Bd7
17. Rb4 cxb4 18. axb4 h6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. h3 Ba4 21. f4 Red8
22. f5 Ne8 23. g4 Nc7 24. f6 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. f7+ Kh7
27. Be3 Rf8 28. Bc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bc6 30. d4 g6 31. Rf6 Bd7
32. h4 Kg7 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kf2
Bb5 37. Ke3 Bc4 38. a3 Ke7 39. Bf3 Kd7 40. Kf4 b6 41. cxb6 Kc6
42. Bh5 Kxb6 43. Bxg6 Bxe2 44. Be8 1-0

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5
7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Qd3 Nf8 9. Nh3 Qh4 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf4 Nc6
12. Nh5 Rg8 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Bg2 Qb4 16. a3 Qa5
17. f5 a6 18. f6 gxf6 19. Nxf6 Rg7 20. Nxh7 Nxh7 21. Rxh7 Rdg8
22. Rxg7 Rxg7 23. Rh1 Kb8 24. Rh8+ Ka7 25. Bh3 Qb6 26. Rh4 Ne7
27. Qe3 Ng6 28. Rh6 Be8 29. Bg2 Ne7 30. Nxd5 Nf5 31. Nxb6 Nxe3
32. Nc8+ Kb8 33. Ne7 Rxg3 34. Rh8 Rxg2 35. Rxe8+ Ka7 36. Nc8+
Kb8 37. Nd6+ Ka7 38. Nc8+ Kb8 39. Nd6+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roland Ekstroem"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. c5 Qc7 13. f4 Be7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. O-O b6 16. Qa4 Qb7
17. b4 Nc7 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Qc2 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Qa6
22. Bf3 bxc5 23. bxc5 e5 24. Be2 Qa7 25. fxe5 Bxg5 26. Bg4 f5
27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Bf3 Rae8 29. e4 Bxc1 30. Rbxc1 Ne6 31. Qd2
dxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qc7 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qh2 Rf4
36. Bxg6 Qd8 37. Re1 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Qc3 39. Rb1 Rf3 40. Kg2
Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Andreas Huss"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Nh3 Qe7 10. Bg5 e5 11. Be2 Rg6
12. Qh4 b6 13. Bh5 Rg7 14. Bg4 Qd6 15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. dxe5 Qc5
17. O-O Ng4 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. Bf6 Rg6 20. Nf4 e3 21. Nxg6 exf2+
22. Rxf2 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bxg6 25. Re2 h5 26. Rd2
Bf5 27. Kg3 Kf8 28. Kh4 Bg6 29. Kg5 Re8 30. Rd7 Bxc2 31. Rxc7
Ra8 32. Kxh5 Bf5 33. Rc4 Be6 34. Rd4 Rc8 35. Kg5 Bb3 36. Kh6
b5 37. Kh7 Bc2+ 38. Kh8 Bf5 39. g4 Be6 40. h4 a5 41. h5 a4
42. Kh7 Bb3 43. g5 Bc2+ 44. g6 fxg6 45. hxg6 Rc7+ 46. Kh6 Rc8
47. e6 1-0

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Oliver Kurmann"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nxf7 Rh7 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. f4 b5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5
16. Bxb5 Kxf7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Raf1+ Ke7 20. c4
a5 21. Kc3 Rh8 22. h3 Nxe5 23. Rd1 Be6 24. b3 h5 25. Rhe1 Rf8
26. Rf1 Re8 27. Rd2 h4 28. Kd4 Rd8+ 29. Ke3 Rg8 30. c5 a4
31. Kd4 Rd8+ 32. Kc3 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 axb3 34. axb3 Bxb3 35. Rf5
Nf7 36. Kc3 Be6 37. Rf1 Ne5 38. Rd1 g5 39. Rd6 g4 40. hxg4
Nxg4 41. Kd4 Nf6 42. Ra6 h3 43. Ra7+ Kd8 44. gxh3 Bxh3 45. c6
Nxe4 46. Kxe4 Bg2+ 47. Ke5 Bxc6 48. Kd6 Be4 49. Ra4 Bb7
50. Rh4 1-0

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nd5
12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. e3 Rb8 16. Na3
Rb4 17. O-O Qb8 18. Rab1 a4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. e4 Nf6 21. Qc3 h6
22. Nc2 Rb3 23. Qxc4 Qb6 24. Qxa4 e5 25. d5 Ng4 26. Rd2 Rxb2
27. Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Bf3 Qc3 29. Bxg4 Qxd2 30. dxc6 Qc3 31. Ne3
Rd4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe8 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qa7 35. Bf5+ g6 36. Bd7
Qa2 37. Nd5 1-0

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Florian Jenni"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Bg4
7. Bg2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O
12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. f4 b5 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Rad1 Nbd5
17. Ne2 c5 18. Bc1 g6 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. b3 Ned5 23. Bb2 Bf8 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ne7
27. Be5 Qa5 28. Nd4 h5 29. Nb5 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Nf5
32. Nd6 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Qxe5 34. Nxf5 exf5 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4
Rc5 37. Rd4 Re7 38. Rd5 Rec7 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Kg2
Kf6 42. Kf3 g5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Kd3 g4 45. Re1+ Kf6 46. Kd4 Rc7
47. c5 f4 48. c6 f3 49. Rb1 Kg5 50. Ke5 f2 51. Kd6 Rc8 52. Kd7
Rh8 53. c7 f5 54. c8=Q Rxc8 55. Kxc8 Kf4 56. Kd7 Ke5 57. Bg2
f4 58. Rf1 g3 59. Rd1 1-0

[Event "SEM : Herren-Titelturnier"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5
cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bxf4 Ne4 9. Qf3 a5 10. a4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6
12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. Ba2 Qc6 16. Rb5 Nb6
17. Bb3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Ra1 Bd7 20. Rxb7 Bxa4 21. Rc7
Bc6 22. Ng3 Rae8 23. Nf5 Nxc3 24. Kh1 Nb5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Ne7+
Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Nxd4 28. Qg5 Ne6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Be3 Qc3
31. Rg1 a4 32. Bf4 Qxc2 33. Qe7 Qf5 34. Bh6 Qf7 35. Bxf8 Qxe7
36. Bxe7 Kf7 37. Bd6 Ke8 38. Rf1 Kd7 39. Be5 Bb5 40. Rf7+ Kc6
41. Rc7+ Kb6 42. Rxh7 Kc5 43. Rc7+ Kb4 44. Re7 Bc4 45. Rxe6 d4
46. Rd6 d3 47. Kg1 Kb3 48. Kf2 Kc2 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Rae8
12. Ng3 Bd8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Ra7 Qc8
17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Rea1 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne7 20. h4 Nc6 21. R7a3 Bf6
22. Nh5 Be7 23. Bh6 g6 24. Ng3 Bf6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. h5 b4
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. R3a2 Nc5 29. Bd5 Ne7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Ra7
Qb6 32. Ra8 Nc8 33. Nh2 Bg7 34. Ng4 Ne6 35. Ne3 Nf4 36. Ne2 c6
37. Nc4 Qb7 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. Qxf4 d5 40. exd5 cxd5 41. Ne5 d4
42. Nc4 Re8 43. b3 Qe7 44. Qf3 Qc5 45. Qb7 Qf5 46. g3 Kh7
47. Kg2 Re2 48. Qf3 Qxf3+ 49. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. Qe1 b6 12. Kh1
Rb8 13. e5 Nfe8 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3
e6 18. Rb3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Nc7 21. Rbd3 Qe8
22. Bb3 dxe5 23. fxe5 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd5 c4 26. Rd1 Rd8
27. Bb7 Qxe5 28. Re3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc5 30. c3 Kg8 31. Bf3 Bh6
32. Re1 Bxc1 33. Qxc1 Re8 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. Qd7 Re7
37. Qc6 Ne6 38. Rd1 Nf4 39. Qd6 Nd3 40. Rxd3 cxd3 41. Qxd3 Qg3
0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g4
Ne5 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Nfd7 15. g5 Nb6 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. Qg2
Nbc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Bxh6 a5 22. f4
Nc4 23. f5 b4 24. f6 bxc3 25. fxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxc3 Qc7 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Rhf1 Ne5 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Rg1 Rb5
32. Rg8+ Kd7 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sharmin Shirin Sultana"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb6 Qe5
12. Bd3 c5 13. c3 d5 14. Bxc5 dxe4 15. Bd4 Qf5 16. Bc2 O-O
17. f3 Qg5 18. f4 Qf5 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. b4 Rfd8 21. Nb6 Rab8
22. Be5 Bd6 23. Nc4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qg4 25. Qf2 Nd5 26. Rae1 e3
27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 Nf6 29. Rg3 Rf8 30. Rxg4 Rxf7 31. Rf4
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dijana Dengler"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 8. Ne2 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. f4 d4 15. b5 Ne7 16. c4 Nf5
17. Qf3 h5 18. Bd3 a6 19. O-O O-O 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Ba5 Qc8
22. Rfb1 axb5 23. cxb5 Ne3 24. Qe4 Qc5 25. Ra4 Nd5 26. Rc4 Qa7
27. Bd2 Qa2 28. Qe1 Qa7 29. Qf2 Qa2 30. Rb3 Qa1+ 31. Qf1 Ne3
32. Bxe3 dxe3 33. Rb1 Qa5 34. Rd4 Rfd8 35. Qe2 Qa2 36. Rdb4
Ra5 37. Qxe3 Be8 38. Qb6 Rd7 39. Qc5 Ra8 40. h3 Qa5 41. Qe3
Rad8 42. Kh2 Rd5 43. Be2 Qc7 44. Bf3 Rd2 45. Be4 R2d7 46. Ra1
h4 47. b6 Qb8 48. Ra7 g5 49. Bf3 Qc8 50. fxg5 Qxc2 51. Rxh4
Rd3 52. Qe4 Bc6 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Julia Kochetkova"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 h6 8. Re1 Nh7 9. Bb5 exd4 10. cxd4 Ng5 11. h3 Bd7
12. Bc4 a6 13. a3 Qc8 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Nf3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Ne7
17. Nh4 Be6 18. d5 Bd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qd8 21. d6 cxd6
22. Qxd6 Nc6 23. Re4 Qg5 24. Rc3 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rf4
Rad8 27. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salome Melia"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4
12. Nce2 Qb6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Bg2 Na5 15. b3 Bg7 16. h4 h5
17. Rhf1 Rc7 18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Rc1 O-O 20. c4 Nc6 21. Nc2 a5
22. Rcd1 a4 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Bf3 Na5 25. Nc1 Bc6 26. Rd3 Kh7
27. Re1 Kh6 28. Red1 Rg8 29. Re3 Ra7 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. Rd1 Nb7
32. Red3 Ra6 33. Bh1 Bf8 34. Bf3 Be7 35. e5 Na5 36. Bxc6 Nxc6
37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Rd7 Kg6 39. R1d6 axb3 40. Nxb3 Nb8 41. Rxa6
Nxd7 42. Ne3 Nb8 43. Rb6 Nc6 44. f5+ exf5 45. Nd5 Bd8 46. Ra6
Kg7 47. Nxc5 Ne7 48. Nb7 Rxc4 49. Nd6 Rc5 50. Nf4 Ra5
51. Nxh5+ Kf8 52. Rxa5 Bxa5 53. Nf4 Bc7 54. Nc4 Ng6 55. Ne2 f4
56. Nxf4 Nxf4 57. gxf4 Bxf4 58. Kc2 Bg3 59. h5 Kg7 60. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nh5
12. Bc1 f5 13. b3 Bd6 14. a4 Qe7 15. a5 Ba6 16. Bb2 b5 17. c5
Bc7 18. Na2 Bc8 19. Nb4 Nb8 20. a6 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8 22. e3 Nf6
23. f3 Kh8 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Bc3 Ng8 26. e4 f4 27. exd5 exd5
28. Bd2 fxg3 29. hxg3 Ne7 30. Bh3 Nd7 31. Rae1 Nxe5 32. dxe5
Bg6 33. Qb2 Qe8 34. Kg2 Bf5 35. g4 Be6 36. Nc2 Ng6 37. f4 d4
38. Nxd4 Bd5+ 39. Kg1 Qe7 40. Qc3 Rab8 41. Nf5 b4 42. Qe3 Qd8
43. Re2 Ne7 44. Nd6 Nc8 45. Bg2 Ne7 46. Qd3 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Nd5
48. Rh1 h6 49. f5 Kg8 50. Kg3 Qe7 51. f6 Nxf6 52. exf6 Qxf6
53. g5 Qf5 54. Qxf5 Rxf5 55. Re7 Bxd6+ 56. cxd6 Rd5 57. Bf4
hxg5 58. Be5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 Nbd7
12. g4 Re8 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. Nce2 N6d7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. c4 b4
17. a3 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Bd2 Nce6 21. c5 Qxc5
22. Qb3 Qb6 23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxb4 Rec8 25. Ba3 Bh6 26. h4 Bg7
27. Bh3 Ba6 28. Rac1 Rab8 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. f3 Rd8 31. Kf2 Rxd6
32. Bxd6 Rd8 33. Ba3 Nc7 34. Nf1 Nb5 35. Be7 Re8 36. Bb4 Ne6
37. Nd2 Bf8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Nc4 Nd8 40. g5 f6 41. gxf6 Kg8
42. Bd7 Rf8 43. Nxe5 Rxf6 44. Nc4 Rf7 45. Rd1 Re7 46. Nc1 Nf7
47. Nb3 Nbd6 48. Nb6 Re5 49. Na4 Kf8 50. Nbc5 Ke7 51. Nxb7
Kxd7 52. f4 Rb5 53. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Szidonia Lazarne Vajda"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2 c6 9. f4 Nh6 10. O-O Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. g4
Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. f5 Na6 15. a4 Bb4 16. Ne2 h5 17. gxh5
O-O-O 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Bg5 Rde8
22. Qxd5 Rxh5 23. Bf4 Re7 24. Rfd1 Rh8 25. Bf1 Qd7 26. Qe4 Qc7
27. Rxa6 Rh4 28. Rxa7 Kb8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eesha Karavade"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nbd2 c3
12. bxc3 Nxc3 13. Qc2 Ncd5 14. Rfc1 Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
O-O 17. e4 Nb4 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rd8 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Rxd7
Bxd7 22. Rb1 Nd3 23. a5 Bc6 24. f4 Kf8 25. Nd6 Ke7 26. Bf1 Nc5
27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Rc1 Nb3 30. Rb1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Andjelija Stojanovic"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Ngf3 exd4 6. cxd4 Bg7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. d5 Na6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Nc4
Ba6 13. Nfd2 Nd7 14. f4 Qf6 15. Rf2 Qe7 16. Kh1 Bd4 17. Rf3 f5
18. Na3 Nf6 19. exf5 Be2 20. Qe1 Rae8 21. Rg3 Ng4 22. Ne4 Qxe4
23. Bxe4 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nfd3+ 27. Be3
Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe4 29. Rxe2 Nxd5 30. Nc2 Rfe8 31. fxg6 Bxe3+
32. Nxe3 Rxe3 33. gxh7+ Kxh7 34. Rd2 Nxf4 35. Kf2 R3e6 36. Rg4
Ng6 37. g3 Rf8+ 38. Kg2 Rf5 39. h4 d5 40. a5 d4 41. axb6 axb6
42. Kh3 Re3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Rc1 Qd7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 Bb4 14. O-O Rxc6 15. Rxc6 Qxc6
16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Nb3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Be7 19. Bxa6 Be4 20. Nd2
Bg6 21. Bb7 O-O 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rc1 f6 24. Rc4 Kf7 25. Be4
Rb8 26. b3 f5 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. Nf3 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Bh5 30. Nd4
Bh4+ 31. g3 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Shadrina"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
Qd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Ng3 h6 17. c4 bxc4
18. Ba4 Qc7 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Qa4 d5 21. exd5 Nexd5 22. Ne4
Re6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bd2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bc5 26. Rad1 e4
27. Be3 exf3 28. Qxc4 Ne4 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3 31. Qg4
Qxg4 32. hxg4 Bxe3 33. Rf1 f2 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. b4 Kg6 36. Rd5
Ba7 37. Rd7 Bb6 38. a4 Kg5 39. a5 Be3 40. Rxf7 g6 41. Kf3 Bd4
42. Rd7 Rf6+ 43. Kg3 Be5+ 44. Kg2 Kxg4 45. Rxf2 Rc6 46. Rb7
Bd4 47. Re2 Kf5 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. Rd7 Bf6 50. Rd5+ Kf4 51. Rc5
Rd6 52. Rec2 Ke4 53. Rc6 Be5 54. Rxd6 Bxd6 55. b5 axb5 56. Rc8
Be5 57. Re8 Kd5 1-0

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olga Girya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2
Qc7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Nf3
Qb7 17. Kg1 h6 18. Rd2 Rab8 19. Qd1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a4
bxa4 22. Qxa4 d5 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Ndb5 Qb6 25. Qd4 Qxd4
26. Nxd4 Nc4 27. Rdc2 Kf8 28. b3 Na5 29. Na4 Rxc2 30. Rxc2
Nxb3 31. Rb2 Rb4 32. Rxb3 Rxd4 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ Kd6
35. Nc3 Rc4 36. Nb5+ Kc6 37. Rb8 Ra4 38. Nc3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 d4
40. Nb1 Ra2 41. Kf1 Ne4 42. f3 Nd6 43. Ke1 Nb5 44. Nd2 Nc3
45. Rc8+ Kd7 46. Rg8 Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Nd1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Kf1
Ne3+ 50. Ke1 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f4
Rc8 12. Kb1 Bg7 13. Qe3 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Rd5 Qb6 16. Qg3 O-O
17. fxe5 Be6 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Re1 a6 21. Rb4 Qa5
22. Ra4 Qc5 23. Rh4 Rd4 24. a3 Rxh4 25. Qxh4 Bxe5 26. Qxh6 Bg7
27. Qg5 Kf8 28. Re3 Qd4 29. Nd1 Qg4 30. Qxg4 fxg4 31. Nf2 Rc5
32. Re4 Re5 33. c3 f5 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Bxe2 Bd5 36. g3 Bh6
37. c4 Bc6 38. h4 f4 39. Bxg4 fxg3 40. Nh3 g2 41. Kc2 Be3
42. Kd3 g1=Q 43. Nxg1 Bxg1 44. b4 Kf7 45. Bc8 Kg6 46. a4 Bg2
47. c5 Kh5 48. Kc4 Kxh4 49. b5 axb5+ 50. Kxb5 e5 51. Kb6 Bd5
52. a5 e4 53. a6 bxa6 54. Bxa6 Bd4 55. Be2 Kg3 56. Kb5 Kf2 0-1

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4
Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Na3 Rg8 11. Kh1 a6
12. c3 Ne6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe1 Bd7 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Kb8
17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf6 Ng5 19. h4 Nxe4 20. Rxf7 Bc6 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rxh7 Nf6 23. Rg7 Rd2 24. Kg1 Rxb2 25. Bf1 Rxa2
26. Nc4 a5 27. Rg6 Nd7 28. Rg5 a4 29. h5 Be4 30. Nxe5 Nf6
31. Bd3 a3 32. Nd7+ Nxd7 33. Bxe4 Nf6 34. Bg6 b6 35. Bf7 Ra1+
36. Kh2 a2 37. Bxa2 Rxa2 38. Rf5 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Ne3 40. Rf3 Nxg2
41. h6 Kb7 42. h7 Ra8 43. Kxg2 Rh8 44. Rf7 b5 45. Kf3 Kb6
46. Ke3 c6 47. Rg7 Kc5 48. Kd3 b4 49. cxb4+ Kxb4 50. Rb7+ Kc5
51. Ke4 Kd6 52. Kf5 c5 53. Kg6 Kd5 54. Kg7 Rc8 55. h8=Q Rxh8
56. Kxh8 c4 57. Kg7 c3 58. Kf6 Kd4 59. Rc7 Kd3 60. Ke5 c2
61. Kf4 Kd2 62. Kf3 c1=B 63. Rxc1 Kxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nazi Paikidze"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. O-O Nxe3 15. Qxb4 Nxf1 16. Nc4
Qe7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Rxc6 Kg8 19. Bxf1 a5 20. Qc5 h5 21. Rc7
Qf8 22. Ba6 Bg6 23. Bc8 Kh7 24. f4 Qd8 25. g3 Rb8 26. Bb7 f6
27. Be4 f5 28. Bb7 Rf8 29. b3 h4 30. Kg2 Bh5 31. Qc6 Be8
32. Qc3 Bd7 33. Kf2 Kh8 34. Qxa5 g5 35. Qc3 h3 36. a4 gxf4
37. gxf4 Qh4+ 38. Ke3 Be8 39. a5 Rg8 40. Nxf5 Qg4 41. Qe1 exf5
42. a6 Bh5 43. e6 Rge8 44. Kd3 Rbd8+ 45. Kc2 Kg8 46. a7 Qxf4
47. Rd7 Qxh2+ 48. Kc3 Rxd7 49. exd7 Qc7+ 50. Kd4 Qxd7+ 51. Kc3
Rxe1 52. a8=Q+ Kg7 53. Bd5 Re8 54. Qa5 Re5 0-1

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vera Nebolsina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5
exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be3 d6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Rab1
Qc7 18. Be2 Na5 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 a6 21. Rfe1 Nf6 22. Bf2
Rfb8 23. Rbd1 Re8 24. Nf1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nc6 26. Bh4 Nh5
27. Bg5 Qd7 28. Ne3 Ne5 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Be7 Rb3
32. Bd8 Kf8 33. Bg5 Nb6 34. Bh6+ Kf7 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Re8+ Kf7
37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Nc7 Nxc4 39. Ne6 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Ke1
Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kd1 Rb1+ 44. Kc2 Rb2+ 45. Kd1 Rb1+
46. Kc2 Rb2+ 47. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3 Rc8 9. Bd2 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Nf5 12. g4
Nh6 13. h3 Kh8 14. Re1 Ng8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. cxd3 f6 17. Kg2 f5
18. g5 f4 19. h4 Qe8 20. Rh1 Qh5 21. Rh3 Bd8 22. Nh2 Qg6
23. Nc1 c5 24. Ne2 cxd4 25. Nxf4 Qf5 26. Nf3 Nc5 27. Nxd4 Qxe5
28. Qg4 Ne7 29. h5 Kg8 30. Nfxe6 Nxe6 31. Nxe6 Qf5 32. Qe2 Re8
33. Nd4 Qd7 34. Re1 Bxa5 35. Bxa5 Nc6 36. Ne6 Nd4 37. Qg4 Nxe6
38. Rhe3 Rc6 39. f4 d4 40. Re5 g6 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Kg3 Qf7
43. Bb4 b6 44. R1e4 a5 45. Be1 Ng7 46. Rxe8+ Nxe8 47. Rxd4 Nd6
48. Kf3 Qb3 49. Kg2 Rc2+ 50. Kh3 Nf5 51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. Qf3 Qe6
53. Qe4 Ng7+ 54. Qxe6+ Nxe6 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Rd6 Re2 57. Bg3
b5 58. Rb6 b4 59. Kg4 Kf7 60. Rb7+ Kg8 61. f5 gxf5+ 62. Kxf5
Ng7+ 63. Kg4 Re3 64. g6 Ne8 65. Bf4 Re2 66. b3 Rg2+ 67. Bg3
Nf6+ 68. Kf3 Rd2 69. Ke3 Rg2 70. Rb8+ Kg7 71. Be5 Rg5 72. Kd4
Rg4+ 73. Ke3 Rg5 74. d4 Rxg6 75. Rb6 Rg3+ 76. Kf4 Rxb3
77. Rxf6 Kg8 78. d5 Rb1 79. d6 Rd1 80. Kf5 a4 81. Ke6 a3
82. Rf3 a2 83. d7 Kh7 84. Ke7 b3 85. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nd5 Na5
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nh4 Nxb3 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. axb3 Re6 16. f4
exf4 17. Bxf4 Rd8 18. Re3 Ne8 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Qh4 Ra8 21. Rf1
c5 22. Rg3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bg5 cxd3 25. cxd3 Nd6 26. Nxg7
Qxg7 27. Bf6 Qf8 28. Qh5 Rc8 29. e5 Rc5 30. d4 Rb5 31. Qg4 Be4
32. Qg7+ Qxg7 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rg4+ Kh7 35. Rg7+ Kh8
36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxd7 Rxb2 39. Rf4 Bxg2 40. Bh4+
Nf5 41. Rxf5+ Kg8 42. d5 Re8 43. Bf6 Be4 44. Rf2 Rb1+ 45. Kh2
Rh1+ 46. Kg3 a5 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. e6 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rxg7
50. Bxg7+ Kxg7 51. Kxe4 Ra8 52. d6 a4 53. d7 1-0

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Svetlana Matveeva"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6
7. Nh3 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 b5
12. Qe3 Na5 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Nf2 Qe8 16. h5 Ra7
17. Rde1 c6 18. Bd3 Qf7 19. Ref1 c5 20. Ne2 Rc7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Ng4 Qe7 23. Ne5 Rf6 24. h6 g6 25. b3 Nb6 26. dxc5 Bxc5
27. Rf3 Nd7 28. Kb1 Bb7 29. f5 Nxe5 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Qxe5 Bd6
32. Qh5 Rg5 33. Qh3 e5 34. Bf5 Kh8 35. Rhf1 e4 36. Rc3 Rxc3
37. Qxc3+ Be5 38. Qh3 Rg8 39. Be6 Rf8 40. Rf5 Bf6 41. Nf4 d4
42. Qg3 d3 43. cxd3 exd3 44. Qxd3 Rd8 45. Qe2 Rd4 46. Bd5 Re4
47. Qd2 Re1+ 48. Kc2 Qc5+ 49. Kd3 Qd4+ 50. Kc2 Qb2+ 51. Kd3
Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh2 Nd4 11. Ng4 Be6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bg4 Rc4 15. a3 a6 16. Rc1 Qc7
17. Qd2 b5 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Qe1 Qb7 20. Be2 Rxc3 21. bxc3
Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxe4 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. Kh1 d5 25. f3 Rc8 26. Rf1
Rc4 27. f4 d4 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Bf2 Bd5 30. Rg1 Rc3 31. Kh2
Rxa3 32. Qb4 Rc3 33. Qd6 Bxg2 34. Rxg2 Rxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qh5
36. Kf1 Qf3 37. Re1 Rh1+ 38. Rg1 Rh2 39. Re2 Kh7 40. Qd7 Qxf4
41. Qxf7 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2
Qg5+ 46. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bg5 b4
18. c4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. exd5 exd4 21. Ne4 Qd8 22. a5 f5
23. Ng3 c5 24. h4 h5 25. Ng5 Ne5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qxh5 Qd7
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Nxf5 Qc7 30. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.04"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Amina Mezioud"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1
Qc7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. c3 c4 15. h3 Rac8 16. d4 Bc6 17. d5 Bd7
18. axb5 axb5 19. Be3 Nb7 20. Bb1 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd2
Nc5 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne8 25. Nf3 g6 26. Nd4 Bf6 27. Qf3
Na4 28. Qf2 Be5 29. Rf1 f6 30. Bc1 Qd8 31. Nge2 Qe7 32. Nc2
Nc5 33. Nb4 Ng7 34. Bh6 Re8 35. Nd4 Nh5 36. Nbc6 Qf7 37. Nxe5
dxe5 38. Nxb5 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Bxb5 40. g4 Nf4 41. Bxf4 exf4
42. Qxf4 Kg7 43. Bg2 Qe7 44. Ra1 Qd7 45. Qd4 Qd6 46. g5 Re7
47. Rf1 Rf7 48. h4 Ba6 49. Rf4 Bb5 50. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.04"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amina Mezioud"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. g4 Be6 12. g5
Nh5 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Qd2
Be7 18. Qf2 Nf4 19. h4 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Bb6 Qf7 22. Nxa5
d5 23. Bc5 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. exd5 Nfxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5
27. Rhe1 Rxf3 28. Qe2 Ba2+ 29. Ka1 Nxc2+ 30. Kxa2 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sopiko Khukhashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nxc3
17. Rxc3 O-O 18. O-O Qxe5 19. Rh3 h6 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Rad8 22. Qxc6 Rd2 23. Qa4 Rfd8 24. Re3 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sopiko Khukhashvili"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Rd7
17. Re2 Bc6 18. Ref2 Qb8 19. b4 Bd8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb7
22. Qh3 g6 23. Re2 Nh5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc8 26. Qf3 Rf8
27. f5 Bf6 28. Bc6 exf5 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Qa1 Qc6
32. Qd4 Rd8 33. Qc5 Qd7 34. Rfe1 Kg7 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Bxf6+
Nxf6 37. Qe5 Rc6 38. h3 Qc8 39. Qd4 Rc4 40. Qb2 Rc3 41. Rd1
Rc6 42. Rdd2 Qc7 43. Qd4 Rc4 44. Qb2 Rc6 45. Qd4 Rc4 46. Qa1
Qg3 47. Rd3 Qc7 48. Red2 Rc6 49. a4 bxa4 50. Qxa4 g5 51. Qa1
Kg6 52. Rd8 Re6 53. R8d3 Qe7 54. Rd1 Qxb4 55. Qd4 Qb7 56. Rb3
Qe7 57. Rb6 Re2 58. c4 h5 59. c5 h4 60. Rf1 Rc2 61. Rd6 Re2
62. Kh1 Re4 63. Qd3 Qe5 64. Rxa6 Kg7 65. Qd6 Qxd6 66. Rxd6 Nh5
67. Rc1 g4 68. c6 Ng3+ 69. Kh2 Ne2 70. Rdd1 g3+ 71. Kh1 Nxc1
72. Rxc1 Re8 73. c7 Rc8 74. Kg1 Kf6 75. Kf1 Ke6 76. Ke2 Kd6
77. Rc4 Rxc7 78. Rxh4 Ke5 79. Ra4 Rc2+ 80. Kf3 Rc3+ 81. Ke2
Rc5 82. Kf3 Rc3+ 83. Ke2 Kf6 84. h4 Kg6 85. Rf4 Ra3 86. Rf3
Rxf3 87. Kxf3 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sopiko Khukhashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Bb4
12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 Rhg8 16. Rac1 h5
17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 h4 19. Qe3 Rde8 20. Re1 Qc6 21. f3 d5
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Rxe5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rec1 Re8 26. Qf2
Ree5 27. h3 Qd6 28. Be3 f6 29. Bxc5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+
31. Kh2 Re1 32. Qxe1 Qxe1 33. Bd4 Qd2 34. Bxa7 Qxb2 35. Re3 f5
36. Bc5 g4 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sopiko Khukhashvili"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Bd3 Rd7 16. Rae1 Re8
17. Re2 Qd8 18. Qh3 g6 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Ref2 h5
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rf8 26. Rf3
h4 27. Bg5 e4 28. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ruan Lufei"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6
bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Nb4 Re8
12. Na3 a5 13. Nd3 Ba6 14. f3 Nf6 15. Nc2 c6 16. Rf2 Nh5
17. Be3 Bc7 18. g3 Qg6 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Qd2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Bc5 Nf6 23. Nd4 Rac8 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. Ba3 a4 26. Nc5 Nxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruan Lufei"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7
7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. b5 Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Nb6
12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxa3 Na4 15. Rac1 f6 16. Nf3
Bg4 17. Nd4 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxd4 19. Nc2 Rd2 20. Nb4 Rad8 21. h3
Be2 22. Rfc1 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Rd4 25. Nd5 Rxc4
26. Re3 Bh5 27. Ra3 Rc5 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. Rxa7 g5 30. Ne2 Rxb5
31. Nd4 Rd5 32. Ne2 Rd2 33. Nc3 Rb2 34. a4 c5 35. Ne4 c4
36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Bd5 38. Nc3 Bc6 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Rc5 Kg6
41. Kg1 Rb4 42. a5 Bd7 43. Kf1 h6 44. Ke2 Be6 45. Ke3 Rb2
46. Rb5 Rxb5 47. Nxb5 Bd5 48. f3 Bc6 49. Nd6 c3 50. Kd3 h5
51. Kxc3 g4 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Ne4 Kf5 54. Kd4 gxf3 55. gxf3
Kf4 56. Nd2 Bb5 57. Kc5 Ba6 58. Kb6 Ke3 59. Ne4 Kxf3 60. Nc5
Bf1 61. Nxb7 Ke4 62. Nd6+ Kd5 63. Nb5 Ke6 64. a6 Kd7 65. a7
Bg2 66. Na3 Be4 67. Nc4 Ba8 68. Ne5+ Kd6 69. Nd3 Kd7 70. Nc5+
Kd6 71. Nb7+ Kd7 72. Na5 Kd6 73. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ruan Lufei"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Ne3 Kg7 16. Qf3 Be6
17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. f3
Bb6+ 22. Kh1 Ne3 23. Rfc1 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Be1 d5 26. Bd2
Kf6 27. g4 Nh4 28. Rf1 Ng6 29. Rae1 Re7 30. a4 a5 31. Bc2 Rf8
32. Re2 Kg7 33. Ree1 Ref7 34. Bd1 Bc7 35. Be3 Nh4 36. Bc5 Re8
37. Bd4 Ree7 38. Bc5 Re6 39. d4 b6 40. Ba3 e4 41. fxe4 Rxf1+
42. Rxf1 Rxe4 43. Bf8+ Kg8 44. Ba3 Bf4 45. Kg1 Re3 46. Kf2 Rh3
47. Rh1 Kf7 48. Kg1 Be3+ 49. Kf1 Ng6 50. Bc2 Nf4 51. Ke1 Rf3
52. Kd1 Rf2 53. Re1 Ng2 54. Rh1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruan Lufei"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5
17. Ng3 a4 18. Bc4 Ra5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Rg8
22. Qe2 a3 23. Rd1 axb2 24. Ne4 Kd7 25. g4 h6 26. h3 Ra8
27. Qc4 Qa5 28. Qb3 Bd8 29. Nd2 Qb5 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. Ne4 Rc8
32. Qd3 Qa5 33. Qb3 Ke7 34. h4 Bb6 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 fxg5
37. f6+ Kd7 38. Qh3+ Kc7 39. Qh7 Ra8 40. Qxf7+ Kb8 41. Qf8+
Bd8 42. Qxd6+ Bc7 43. Qf8+ Kb7 44. Nc5+ Ka7 45. Qe7 Kb6
46. Qe6+ Ka7 47. Qc6 Qb6 48. Qa4+ Qa5 49. Qc6 Rb8 50. d6 Bd8
51. Qd7+ Kb6 52. Na4+ Ka6 53. Nxb2 Bxf6 54. Nc4 Qb5 55. Qxb5+
Kxb5 56. Nxe5 Bxe5 57. Rd5+ Kc6 58. Rxe5 Rg8 59. Re4 Kxd6
60. Rg4 Ke5 61. Kb2 Kf5 62. Rg1 g4 63. c3 bxc3+ 64. Kxc3 Kf4
65. a4 Rb8 66. Kc4 g3 67. a5 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denton J Dykes"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nh5
7. Bg3 Be7 8. Ne5 Nxg3 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. hxg3 Qb6 11. Qc2 g6
12. a3 a5 13. a4 Rb8 14. b3 Bf6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. f4 Bg7 17. Kf2
Bd7 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bf8 21. Qd1 c5 22. dxc5
Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. f5 Qb4 26. fxg6 hxg6
27. Bc2 Rc8 28. Ng5 d4 29. e4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Giorgi Kacheishvili"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. c4 Qxb2 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nbc6 10. Nb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8
12. Nxc5 Nd5 13. Nd3 Qa3 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. h3 Be4
17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nb6 19. Qc3 Rd7 20. Nf4 Rfd8 21. Rcd1
Nxe5 22. Bc1 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kg3 Nf5+
26. Kg4 Nh6+ 27. Kh5 Bxb4 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bxh6 Rxd4
30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rg1 Bf8 33. f4 Nd5 34. Bg5 h6
35. Kg6 hxg5 36. Rxg5 Nxf4+ 37. Kf7 Rd6 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Eugene Yanayt"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. h4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. g5 Be7 16. f5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 exf5 19. Qh8+ Bf8 20. Nc4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Nxd6+ Ke7 23. g6 f6 24. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5
12. dxe5 Qa5 13. a4 Rd8 14. Qe4 Bd7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rb1 Rab8
17. Re1 Be8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxe5 20. Nxh7 Qxc3 21. Re3
Kxh7 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23. Bxg6 Qf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Nd4
26. Qh5 Bc6 27. Qc5+ Ke8 28. Rbe1 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 b6 30. Qc7
Rbc8 31. Qg3 Rc3 32. Qg4 Rc2 33. f3 Rd5 34. h4 Ke7 35. Kh1 Nf5
36. Rf4 Qg6 37. Qh3 Qg3 38. Qxg3 Nxg3+ 39. Kh2 Nh5 40. Rg4 Nf6
0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Deviatkin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+
Nxd7 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Ne4 h6
17. Rac1 Be6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rfe8 20. b3 Bd5 21. Bf1 Nd7
22. Be3 a5 23. Rd4 Nf8 24. Bg2 Ne6 25. Rd2 Nc7 26. Bxd5 Nxd5
27. Bc5 a4 28. b4 Nc7 29. Rd7 Nd5 30. e3 b6 31. Bd6 Rac8
32. a3 Kg7 33. g4 Re6 34. Bg3 Nf6 35. Rb7 c5 36. Ra7 c4
37. Rxa4 Ne4 38. b5 c3 39. Rc2 Rc5 40. Rb4 Rd5 41. Kf1 h5
42. gxh5 f5 43. Kg2 Kh6 44. h4 g4 45. a4 Rd2 46. Rc1 Kxh5
47. Rc4 Rd5 48. Rc2 Rd1 49. Rc6 Rg6 50. Be5 g3 51. Bxg3 Rxg3+
52. fxg3 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rxc2 54. g4+ Kxh4 55. gxf5 Nc5 56. a5
Rb2 57. axb6 Rxb5 58. b7 Nxb7 59. Kf4 Kh5 60. Rxc3 Nc5 61. e4
Kh6 62. Rg3 Rb4 63. Ke5 Rxe4+ 64. Kd5 Rf4 65. Kxc5 Rxf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sandro Mareco"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8
12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nf1 b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Bd2 b4 16. Na2 Bxa2
17. Rxa2 d5 18. Nf5 Rfe8 19. Bg5 dxe4 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bxf6
b3 22. Ra1 bxc2 23. Qc1 gxf6 24. Bxe4 Rec7 25. Re2 Nd5 26. g3
Ne7 27. Ra3 Kg7 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Qb4 30. h4 Rc4 31. Qb1
Qd2 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Nd5 34. Bb3 Nxc3 35. Qf5 Qe1+
36. Kh2 Ne2 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kh6 40. Qf3 Kg7
41. Qg4+ Kh6 42. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Bb4
12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Qh4 Ba6 15. f4 f5 16. b3 Ba3
17. Nd5 Kb8 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Ne3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4
22. c5 Nc8 23. Qe1 d6 24. Qxb4 dxe5 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Bd5 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 exf4 28. Qxf4 Re8 29. Re5 Rd8 30. h4 Rd3 31. Rf2 Qd7
32. Nc2 Be4 33. Nb4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qb5 35. Rxe4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 c6
37. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 c5 17. dxc5
dxc5 18. c4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. Nf1 Na7 21. Ne3 b4 22. Nd5 Qd6
23. Bc2 Bc8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qxf4 27. e5 Nh7
28. Qd3 Ng5 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. e6 Nb5 31. Rxf7 Nd6 32. Qg6 Nxh3+
33. Kf1 Nf5 34. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Maletin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5
Nc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a6 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Kxg2 Qd4 18. Nd2 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Ra5 Rac8 21. Rb1
Bd4 22. Ne4 c4 23. Rxb4 c3 24. Ra1 c2 25. Rc1 Rxf2+ 26. Nxf2
Be3 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Kf3 Bb6
31. Ng4 Rc5 32. Ke4 Ra5 33. Ne5+ Kh6 34. Re7 Rxa6 35. Rxe6+ g6
36. Ng4+ Kg5 37. Kf3 Ra5 38. e4 Bd4 39. Re7 h6 40. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 Qf6
7. c3 Nc6 8. Bc2 Nge7 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nxc6 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 bxc6
12. e5 Qh4 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rhe1 O-O
17. Qc5 Ng6 18. Qd6 Rf7 19. Rd4 Qh6+ 20. Re3 Raf8 21. Bd3 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxf2 24. Rg4 R2f4 25. Rh3 Rf1+ 26. Kc2
Qc1+ 27. Kb3 Qd1+ 28. Ka3 Qxg4 29. Rg3 Re1 30. Qxe1 Qf4 31. b4
a5 32. Rf3 axb4+ 33. cxb4 Ra8+ 34. Kb3 Qd4 35. Qe3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Qa5 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc8 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6
16. Qxd6 Na5 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Rd4 Rg8 20. g3 f5
21. Rhd1 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Kb2 Qb7 24. Rb4 Qc8 25. Rxe4
Ra6 26. Qb4 Qb7 27. Red4 Ra8 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. f5 Nb7 30. Rb6
Nd8 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Rbd6 Nf7 33. Rb6 Qxb4 34. axb4 Rg6
35. b5 Rf6 36. c4 Ne5 37. Rbd6 Ke7 38. Ra6 Rff8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8
40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kb4 Rc8 42. Rd4 e5 43. Rh4 Nf6 44. g4 Rg8
45. b6 Kd7 46. Rh6 Rg6 47. Rxg6 hxg6 48. Kb5 e4 49. c5 e3
50. c6+ Kc8 51. Ka6 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandre Danin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgenija Ovod"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. b4 b5 11. Bb3 Nb6 12. h3
Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxb3 15. N2xb3 Qd7 16. Re3 Ne5
17. Nf5 Bf6 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Qh5 Ng6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 f6
22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. h4 Nc4 25. Rh3 Nce5 26. Qg3 h5
27. Ne3 Nf8 28. f4 Ng4 29. Rd5 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Re7 31. Nd2 a5
32. a3 axb4 33. cxb4 Rd8 34. Qf3 g6 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. Rg3 Kf7
37. Qf3 c6 38. Rxh5 d5 39. f5 dxe4 40. fxg6+ Kg7 41. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elena Tomilova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d6 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 a4 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Qb8 15. d5 e5 16. Nd3 Bg5
17. e4 f5 18. exf5 Nc5 19. h4 Bf6 20. Nb4 Qe8 21. Nc6 Qh5
22. b4 a3 23. Bc3 Na4 24. Bd2 b5 25. Qe4 bxc4 26. Rac1 Qf7
27. Be3 Nb2 28. Kg2 Bd8 29. g4 Ra6 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Ra8
32. Bg5 Bf6 33. Bc1 Bxh4 34. Rh1 Qf6 35. Rh3 Bg5 36. Bxa3 g6
37. Rf3 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Qg7 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. f3 h5 41. Bb2 Bf4
42. Qe2 hxg4 43. fxg4 Qh7 44. Kg1 Qh4 45. a4 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qh3+
0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Bg5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qb5 11. h4 b6
12. Qd2 a5 13. h5 Ne8 14. h6 g6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 f6
17. Bf4 Bb7 18. a4 Qc4 19. Bf1 Qc8 20. d5 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5
22. c4 exd5 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. cxd5 Qc5 25. Be3 Qxd5 26. Rh4 Ba6
27. Be4 Qe5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Rb8 30. Bd5 Nc7 31. Bxf7+
Kxf7 32. Rf4+ Kg8 33. Re4 Ne6 34. Rc1 Bb7 35. Rxe6 dxe6
36. Rc7 e5 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxh7 Bd5 39. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Iljushina"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Be2 a5 13. e4 a4 14. Qc2 a3 15. b3 e5 16. d5 b4 17. Na4
O-O 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Be3 c5 21. Rc1 Nbd7 22. g4
Be7 23. h4 Ne8 24. Bb5 Ndf6 25. Bc6 Ra5 26. Nxc5 Nd6 27. Qe2
Qd8 28. h5 gxh5 29. g5 Nfe8 30. Rxh5 g6 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh2+
Kg8 33. Rh1 Bf6 34. Nd7 Qxd7 35. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. e3 N8d7 11. f4 O-O
12. Rc1 f5 13. Nf2 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 16. b3 cxb3
17. Qxb3 Na4 18. Nd3 c5 19. Nf4 Kh8 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6
cxd4 22. Rxf5 Bg5 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qb3 b5 25. Kh1 Qf2
26. Qe6 Nc3 27. Bxc3 dxc3 28. Rf1 Qxe3 29. Qd6 Rg8 30. Rf8
Qe1+ 31. Bf1 c2 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Ke8
35. Qe6+ Be7 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Bf6 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qg4+
Kh6 40. Qh3+ Kg6 41. Qg4+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Be7 43. Qf5+ Ke8
44. Qc8+ Bd8 45. Qc6+ Kf8 46. Qc5+ Kf7 47. Qd5+ Kg6 48. Qe6+
Kg5 49. h4+ Kh5 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qf4+ g5 52. Qf8+ Kg6 53. Qg8+
Kf5 54. Qxh7+ Kg4 55. Qd7+ Kxg3 56. Qh3+ Kf4 57. Qh2+ Ke3
58. Qh3+ Kd4 59. Qd7+ Kc3 60. Qd3+ Kb2 61. Qb3+ Ka1 62. Qxc2
Qxf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf4+ 64. Kg2 Qg4+ 65. Kh2 Qxh4+ 66. Kg2 Qg4+
67. Kh2 Qh4+ 68. Kg2 Qe1 69. e6 Bb6 70. a4 g4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Qd8
7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbc6
12. Nab5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e5 16. Nf3 Ng6
17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. h4 g4 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Qd5 g3 23. fxg3 fxg3 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5
Rfd8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bg6 f6 29. Rae1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qc4 31. Be4
Re8 32. Rf4 Rad8 33. Qg6 Re6 34. Ref1 Rdd6 35. Qf5 Qe2 36. c4
h5 37. c5 Rd1 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Rf1 Qe2 40. Bxb7 Qc4 41. Rg1
Re2 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kg6 44. Qh3 Re3 45. Bf3 Qf4 46. c6
f5 47. c7 Re8 48. Bc6 Rc8 49. Bd7 Rxc7 50. Bxf5+ Kh6 51. Bd7
Bf6 52. Ba4 Qxa4 53. Qxg3 Qxh4+ 54. Qxh4 Bxh4 55. g4 Rc2
56. gxh5 Kxh5 57. Rb1 Kg4 58. Kg1 Kh3 59. a3 Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Rf2+
61. Kg1 Rh2 62. Rd1 Rxb2 63. Rd3+ Bg3 64. Kf1 Ra2 65. Rb3 a5
66. Rd3 Kg4 67. Rd4+ Kf3 68. Rd3+ Kf4 69. Rc3 Kg4 70. Rc4+ Bf4
71. Rc3 Bd6 72. Rc4+ Kf3 73. Rc3+ Ke4 74. Ke1 Rxa3 75. Rc2 Rd3
76. Ke2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[EventDate "2011.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O c5
7. e3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Qc8 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. g4
Nc6 13. g5 Ne8 14. d3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rd1
h5 18. gxh6 Bxh6 19. h4 Bg7 20. h5 gxh5 21. a3 Nc6 22. Qxh5 f6
23. Ng6 Ne7 24. Nh4 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Qe2 Rab8 27. Rd2 Qa5
28. Kf2 Rb3 29. d4 Nd6 30. e4 cxd4 31. Kg2 Re3 32. Qg4 Rxe4
33. Rxd4 Qb6 34. Rb4 Rxb4 35. axb4 Nc4 36. Bc1 f5 37. Qg5 Rd1
38. Nf3 Nd5 39. Na3 Nce3+ 40. Kg3 Ng4 41. Ra2 Rxc1 42. Qg6
Ndf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Ra3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4
17. Be3 Nd8 18. Ra6 Nde6 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. b4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Rxb5 24. cxb5 exd4 25. Bc1 Qf5 26. Qe2
Rd8 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 f6 29. Rd1 g5 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Ra3
Re8 32. h4 h6 33. f4 Nxf4+ 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Kf3 Re5 36. Kxf4
Rxb5 37. Ra4 Rh5 38. Kg4 Re5 39. Kf3 Rh5 40. Kg4 Re5 41. Kf3
Rh5 42. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d4 d5 8. Bf4 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Ne5 Nd4 13. Nc4 Bc6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Qb7
17. b4 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Rc1
Qb6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. e3 Bd7 25. Qxd5 Be6
26. Qe4 Rc7 27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Bh3 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Rd2
31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Bf5 Qxf4 33. exf4 a5 34. Bb1 Bxb1 35. Rexb1
Rcc2 36. Rxa5 Rxf2 37. Rh5 Kg6 38. Rh4 h5 39. Rf1 Rg2+ 40. Kh1
f5 41. Rd1 Rge2 42. Rd6+ f6 43. Rd1 Rb2 44. Kg1 Rg2+ 45. Kh1
Rge2 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rge2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 c4 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. h4
Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. a4
a6 18. Qa1 b4 19. Rcc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. a5 g4 22. Qa4 Qe6
23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Kf1 Qh5 26. Ke1 Bxg2 27. Bd6 Bf3
28. Bxf3 gxf3 29. Bxb4 Qh4 30. b3 Rg2 31. Rc2 Rg1+ 32. Kd2
Qxf2+ 33. Kc1 Qxe3+ 34. Bd2 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 Na5 11. Bg5 Rc8
12. Rc1 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Nb3 15. Rcd1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qc7
17. b3 Qc5 18. Ra1 Ne4 19. Rd4 f5 20. e3 Qc7 21. Qe7 Rf7
22. Qb4 e5 23. Rdd1 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. g4 Re8 26. a4 a5
27. Qa3 Nc5 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Ra8 30. Rd2 Be4 31. Rda2 Ra5
32. Qc3 d6 33. Re1 Qb7 34. Nh4 f3 35. Bf1 Qe7 36. Nxf3 Qd7
37. Nd2 Qxg4+ 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. hxg3 Bc6 40. Rb1 Rb7 41. Bg2
Bxg2 42. Kxg2 Ra6 43. Re1 Rba7 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Rd8 Ke7
46. Rg8 Ke6 47. Re8+ Re7 48. Rb8 Rxa4 49. Rb2 Raa7 50. Nf3 Nd7
51. Rc8 Ne5 52. Nxe5 Kxe5 53. Rxb6 Ra2 54. Rd8 Rd2 55. Rb3 Kf6
56. c5 d5 57. Rf3+ Kg6 58. c6 Rc7 59. Rd6+ Kh7 60. Rc3 d4
61. Rc4 Rd3 62. Rd7 Rc8 63. c7 Rc3 64. Rd8 Rxc7 65. Rxc7 Rxc7
66. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 Nf8
18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Bh6 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bc2 Qf6 22. Red1
Rad8 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Nf4 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Nd2 h5 27. Rdc1
Rc7 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Nf3 h4 30. Nf1 Qe7 31. Bc2 f5 32. exf5
Nxd5 33. Qe1 gxf5 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 e4
37. Qd2 exf3 38. Qd4+ Kf7 39. Bxf5 Qg5+ 40. Qg4 Qxg4+ 41. Bxg4
Rxe3 42. Rf1 Na4 43. Bxf3 Kg7 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Rg1+ Kf8 46. Be4
Rf7+ 47. Kg2 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Bg2 Rxb2 50. Raf1+ Ke7
51. Rf4 Nxc3 52. Rxh4 Rg7 53. Re1+ Kd7 54. Rg4 Rxg4 55. hxg4
b4 56. g5 Re2 57. Rxe2 Nxe2 58. Bf1 Nc1 59. Bxa6 b3 60. g6 Ke7
61. Bb7 b2 62. Be4 Ne2 63. Bd3 Nc3 64. Kg3 Kf6 65. Kf4 b1=Q
66. Bxb1 Nxb1 67. Ke4 Nc3+ 68. Kd4 Nb5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alisa Galliamova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. f3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd6 11. O-O-O c6
12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Qa5 14. Bc4 Na6 15. Qf2 f5 16. d5 Qc5
17. Qe2 b5 18. Bb3 b4 19. e5 Be7 20. Qh5+ Kd8 21. d6 Bf8
22. d7 Bxd7 23. e6 Rh7 24. exd7 Re7 25. Nf3 bxc3 26. Rhe1 Kc7
27. Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Nd4 Kb6 29. Qe2 Nc7 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. bxc3
Rxd7 32. Qb2 Qa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 34. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Bf8
36. g4 Nd5 37. Kc2 Kc5 38. Bf3 Ne7 39. Nd4 Kd6 40. c4 Bg7
41. c5+ Kd7 42. Nb3 Ke6 43. Kd3 Bb2 44. Na5 Ba3 45. Kd4 Bb2+
46. Ke4 Ba3 47. Kd4 Bb2+ 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kb4 Bd4 50. Nb3 Be3
51. Kc4 Ng6 52. Kd3 Bg1 53. Be4 Ne5+ 54. Kc3 Kc7 55. Bf5 Nd7
56. Bxd7 Kxd7 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Ke4 Bf2 59. Kf3 Bg1 60. Ke4 Bf2
61. Kf3 Bg1 62. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ruan Lufei"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 h6
12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 Be6 14. a3 d5 15. d4 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Bxe4 Nc5 20. Re1 Nxe4 21. Rxe4
Bf5 22. Re2 Red8 23. Be3 Rd5 24. g4 Be6 25. f4 Rd3 26. Kf2
Rad8 27. Ree1 Bb3 28. a4 Ra8 29. Ra3 Bd1 30. f5 h5 31. Ra1
Rad8 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 R3d5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5
36. Bf4 f6 37. Re4 fxe5 38. Bxe5 c6 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kh4 Bd1
41. Re1 Bc2 42. Kg5 Rd1 43. Re3 Rf1 44. Bf4 Rg1+ 45. Rg3 Rxg3+
46. Bxg3 b5 47. Kf4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nd4 Bd7
12. a3 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qf7 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Be3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. b4 a6 18. h3 d5 19. Nb7 Rb8 20. Nc5 e5 21. Nxa6 Ra8 22. b5
cxb5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Rxa6 25. Qb3 d4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7
27. Bc1 Re7 28. g4 h6 29. Bb2 Ree6 30. Rc1 Reb6 31. Rc8+ Bf8
32. a4 Kf7 33. f4 Rxb5 34. axb5 Ra2 35. Bc1 exf4 36. Bxf4 d3
37. exd3 exd3 38. Bf3 Rb2 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Be5
Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Nd7 43. Bc3 Bb4 44. Bxb4 Rxb4 45. Rd6 Ne5
46. Bd5+ Kg7 47. b6 d2 48. Bf3 Rb2 49. Bd1 Nc4 50. Rd7+ Kf6
51. b7 Ke6 52. Rd4 Ne3+ 53. Kg1 Nxd1 54. Rxd2 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.12"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5
Na5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bh4 Nb7 17. Rfd1
Nd6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Nf1 g5 20. Bg3 Nd7 21. N1h2 f5 22. exf5 e4
23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Ne5 26. Qd5+ Nef7 27. Bb3
Kg7 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qd2 31. Re6 Rxe6
32. Qxe6 Bc5 33. Re1 Rb6 34. f6+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. Re8 Rxf6
37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Qe8 Qd5 39. Qe7 Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. Rc8 Kg6
42. Kh2 c6 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Ra8 Kg6 45. Rxa6 Qc4 46. Ra8 Qxg4
47. f3 Qc4 48. a5 h5 49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rxg5 Rf4 51. Rc5 Qa4
52. b3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nbd7 9. c3 Qc7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O
12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nd2 c5 15. Qe2 a4 16. Ba3 axb3
17. axb3 Rxa3 18. Rxa3 cxd4 19. Ra7 Qxc3 20. Rxb7 Bb4 21. Qb5
Bd6 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Be4 g6 24. Bb1 Ned7 25. Nc4 Bf8 26. Qg5 h6
27. Qh4 Nc5 28. Qxf6 Nxb7 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxe6+
Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Nxd8 Nxd8 34. Qe4 Bg7 35. b4 Qc4 36. Rb1
Ne6 37. h4 h5 38. f4 Nc7 39. f5 Qf7 40. Rf1 Ne8 41. g4 hxg4
42. h5 gxf5 43. Qf4 d3 44. b5 Nc7 45. b6 Nd5 46. Qc4 d2
47. Qd3 Nxb6 48. Qxd2 Nd5 49. Qd3 Ne7 50. Qd7 Qf6 51. Rd1 Qe5
52. Qd3 Nc6 53. h6 Qd4+ 54. Kg2 Qxd3 55. Rxd3 Ne5 56. Rd6 Bxh6
57. Kg3 f4+ 58. Kh4 g3 59. Kh3 Bg7 60. Re6 Ng6 61. Re1 Bd4
62. Kg2 Nh4+ 63. Kh3 Bf2 64. Re7+ Kg6 65. Re8 Kf7 66. Re4 Ng6
67. Kg2 Kf6 68. Ra4 Kf5 69. Kh3 Ne5 70. Kg2 f3+ 71. Kf1 Be3
72. Ra2 Ng4 73. Ra5+ Kg6 74. Ra6+ Kf7 75. Ra2 Nh2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O Nc7 6. Be2 d6
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 e5 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 Bf5 11. bxc5 Qxc5
12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Ne1 e4 14. Nb5 Ne6 15. d3 a6 16. Be3 Qe5
17. Na7+ Nxa7 18. Bxa7 h5 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. d4 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2
Qe6 22. c4 Bg4 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. d5 Rd7 25. Rb6 Qg5 26. Qg3 Rc7
27. d6 h4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bg5 30. dxc7 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Be2
32. Rxf7 Bxc4 33. Rf5 Bd3 34. Rxb7 Kxb7 35. Bxe3 Kxc7 36. Nxd3
exd3 37. Rd5 Rb8 38. Rxd3 Rb1+ 39. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6
7. Qe2 Nf6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5
12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qe7
17. a4 b5 18. Nf1 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qb7 21. f3 Nh5
22. Bf2 Nhf4 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. b4 Qb5 25. Rda1 Rc8 26. Ra5 Qb7
27. Ne3 exd4 28. Nf5 d5 29. Bg3 Nh5 30. Nd6 Qe7 31. Nxc8 Rxc8
32. Rxd5 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Rc6 34. Qxd4 Kh7 35. f4 Nf8 36. e5 Rg6
37. Qe4 Qa7+ 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Ra3 h5 40. Rd6 Ne6 41. Qf3 Qe1
42. f5 Rg4 43. fxe6 Qxe5 44. Rd1 Qxe6 45. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elena Zaiatz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 c5 9. Bc3 f6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Nd2 Qf4
12. g3 Qc7 13. Bh5+ Ng6 14. h4 Nc6 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Nxc5 Rd8
17. Qa4 Nce5 18. O-O Kf7 19. b4 Nd3 20. Rad1 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bd7
22. Qa3 b6 23. Rd6 Bc6 24. Rfd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb8 26. Rd1 Rc8
27. cxb6 axb6 28. Kh2 Be8 29. Bd4 Kg8 30. Qe3 Qxc4 31. Be2
Qxa2 32. Rd2 Qd5 33. Bxf6 Qf5 34. Bb2 Bc6 35. h5 Nf8 36. Qd4
e5 37. Bc4+ Kh8 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Bxe5 Nd7 40. Bd4 Nf6 41. Be2
h6 42. Bxb6 Bd5 43. g4 Rc1 44. f3 Kg8 45. Bd4 Kf7 46. Kg3 Be6
47. Rb2 Rc7 48. Bd3 Nd7 49. Bg6+ Kf8 50. Re2 Rc6 51. Bb2 Kg8
52. Be4 Rb6 53. Rc2 Rb3 54. Bd4 Nf6 55. Bxf6 gxf6 56. Rc6 Kf7
57. Rc7+ Kg8 58. Rh7 f5 59. Rxh6 fxe4 60. Rxe6 Rxf3+ 61. Kh4
e3 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. Re4 Kg7 64. Re8 Kf7 65. Re5 Kg7 66. h6+ Kf7
67. Re4 Rh3 68. Rf4+ Ke6 69. Kg6 Rh4 70. Re4+ Kd5 71. Rxe3
Rxg4+ 72. Kh5 Rg1 73. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7
12. Nc5 Qc7 13. b4 Nc6 14. f4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Rac8
17. Qd2 b6 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. g4 Be4
22. Nc5 Qb2 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Bc7 Bd8 26. Bxd8
Rfxd8 27. Rfd1 Ne7 28. c4 Qxa2 29. Qxe4 Qa3 30. Kf2 h5 31. Qe3
Qb2 32. h3 a4 33. f5 exf5 34. e6 Rf8 35. gxh5 f4 36. Qe4 f3
37. Kxf3 fxe6+ 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Kh2 Nd4 40. Rxd4 Rf2+ 41. Kg3
Rxe2 42. Qf3 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Shadrina"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4
Qc8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Ba4 Qb7 16. Nfd2 Nh7 17. Qf3 Bg5
18. Rf1 Ne7 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Rfe1 Rf8 22. Bb3
Rbe8 23. d4 exd4 24. f4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 d5 27. Bb3
dxe4 28. Qxg6 c5 29. Qd6 Qc8 30. Bc4 Qf5 31. Rf1 e3 32. Bd3
Qe6 33. Qxc5 e2 34. Rfe1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 36. Qh5 b3 37. Rxe2
Qg3 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 bxc2 41. Rc1 f5
42. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daria Charochkina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 b6 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. e4 g5 12. Bg3
Nh5 13. e5 g4 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Qe4
Qg5 18. Ndb5 Re7 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Be2 Nf4
22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. g3 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Ng6 25. Qe2 Qh3 26. Kd2 d5
27. Kc1 Rbc7 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. Kb1 Ne5 31. Qxd5
Rxc3 32. bxc3 Qxc3 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxe7 Qb3+ 35. Kc1 Qc3+
36. Kb1 Qb3+ 37. Kc1 Qc3+ 38. Kb1 Qb3+ 39. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Baira Kovanova"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qc8 12. Bg5
Re8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3 Nd7 16. Nc2 a5 17. b4 a4
18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Na3 Rab8 20. Rec1 Bd8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 f5
23. exf5 Nf6 24. Ng5 Qxd5 25. Qc2 e4 26. Re1 Qxf5 27. Nxe4
Nxe4 28. Rcxe4 Rf8 29. b5 d5 30. R4e2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Bf6
32. Rd1 Rfd8 33. Rdd2 Rd7 34. Rc5 Re8 35. Kf1 Re4 36. g3 Rb4
37. Rcc2 Rb3 38. Ke2 Bxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxa3 40. Rd3 Ra1 41. b6
cxb6 42. Rxb6 h6 43. Ra6 d4 44. Kf3 Ra2 45. Kg4 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 c5 11. h4 b5
12. h5 Rb8 13. h6 g6 14. Ng5 Rb6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bf5
17. Rhe1 d5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Qd2 Rd6 21. Qf4 Ra6
22. g4 Ra4 23. Qg3 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Rxg4 25. Qf3 Ra4 26. Re5 Rf8
27. Rde1 Bd8 28. Qe2 Rh4 29. f3 b4 30. Qf2 Rc4 31. cxb4 cxb4
32. b3 Rc3 33. Qd4 a5 34. Bb2 Rc6 35. Qd2 d4 36. Qxd4 Rd6
37. Qg1 Bb6 38. Qf1 Bd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Ne4 Nxe4 41. fxe4
Rc8 42. Rd5 Qc6 43. Qe2 Qc3 44. Qf2 Rd8 45. Rf1 f5 46. Rxd8+
Rxd8 47. Qb6 Re8 48. Rd1 Qf3 49. Qd4 Re7 50. Qc4+ Kf8 51. Rd8+
Re8 52. Qc5+ Kf7 53. Qd5+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. cxd5 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Nxd5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Nc4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bc5 16. Qg3
O-O 17. Rfd1 Qb5 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Nd6 Qb4 20. Rad1 Bxd6 21. a3
Qa4 22. exd6 Rd7 23. h4 h6 24. b4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Be4 26. Bg4 Qc3
27. Qf4 Bc6 28. Rd3 Qf6 29. Qg3 Ba4 30. Re1 Rc4 31. Bf3 Rd4
32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. Rc1 Rxd6 34. Bxb7 Bb5 35. Bf3 Rd8 36. h5 Qb2
37. Qc7 Rf8 38. Rc3 Be2 39. Rc2 Qa1+ 40. Rc1 Qb2 41. Qc3 Qxc3
42. Rxc3 Bxf3 43. gxf3 Rd8 44. Rc6 a5 45. b5 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 Rb1
47. b6 Kh7 48. Kg3 g6 49. Rc7 Kg7 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. b7 h5
52. a4 f6 53. f4 Rb3+ 54. f3 Rb2 55. Re7 Kf5 56. Rh7 Kg6
57. Rc7 Rb1 58. Re7 Kf5 59. Rh7 Kg6 60. Rc7 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4
12. Be2 Nd7 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe7 15. f4 f6 16. Qc4+ Kh8
17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bd2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. c4 b4
22. d5 a5 23. Kh1 Bc7 24. a3 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 a4
27. g3 cxd5 28. cxd5 Bb6 29. Bc3 Rc8 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Ra2 a3
32. Be5 Rd8 33. Rd2 Bb4 34. Rd1 h6 35. Qa6 Kh7 36. Qb6 Bd6
37. Bxd6 Qxd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Ra1 Rxd5 40. Rxa3 Rd2+ 41. Kf3
Rxh2 42. Ra5 Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kh5 44. Ra5 Kg6 45. Ra6+ Kf7
46. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings - Queens"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marc Tyler Arnold"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bf3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Re1
Qc7 13. Re2 Nb4 14. Rd2 Rac8 15. Nc1 Rfd8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Nb3
d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nxe4 Nfxd5 20. Bc5 Nb6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc4 25. Rd7 Qf6 26. c3 Nc6
27. Nd2 Nxb2 28. Qb3 Nd3 29. Ne4 Qg6+ 30. Kf1 Nce5 31. Rc7 Rf8
32. Ke2 Qf5 33. Nd2 Nf4+ 34. Kd1 Rd8 35. Qc2 Qh3 36. Qe4 Qf1+
37. Qe1 Qd3 38. Qe3 Qf1+ 39. Qe1 Qd3 40. Qe3 Qf1+ 41. Qe1
Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 43. Ke3 Qd3+ 44. Kxf4 g5+ 45. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Kings - Queens"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 d6 9. Nb3 b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4
Na5 13. Nxa5 bxa5 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. h5 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Rb1
Ba8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Bc1 e6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Kf1
Rc8 23. Rh3 Bxc3 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nd2+ 26. Bxd2 Bxd2
27. Rd1 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Bxf4 29. exd6 Bxg5 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rh2
Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Kg7 33. Qe4 Qf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. c4 Be3 36. Rb2
Kf6 37. Rd3 f4 38. Rb5 Ke7 39. Rxa5 Rxd7 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. c5
Kc6 42. Rxa7 f5 43. Re7 Kxc5 44. Rxe6 Kd5 45. Re8 Kc4 46. Kg2
Kc3 47. Ra8 Kb4 48. Kf3 Kb5 49. Ke2 Kb4 50. Kd3 Bc1 51. Kc2
Be3 52. a3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings - Queens"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4
Qe7+ 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Ne5 O-O-O 10. d4 Re8 11. Bxf4
Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nc3 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. dxe5 g5 16. Bh2
Bg7 17. Rhe1 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. Rd2 Nf7 21. e6 Nd6
22. Qa7 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3+
26. Kd1 Qb3+ 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Rdxd6+ cxd6 29. Rxd6+ Ke7 30. Qc5
Re8 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Kings - Queens"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacek Stopa"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Nb5 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Bd3 Qd8 13. Bc7 Qd7 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bxa5 Nxa5 16. Ne5 Qd8
17. Re1 Nac6 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Qb6
22. Qa4 Ng6 23. Qd1 a6 24. Qxd5 Be6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+
Kh8 27. Nd6 Qxb2 28. Rd1 Nce5 29. Bc4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Ne5
31. Bd5 Rf6 32. Qe7 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Kings - Queens"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kevin Y Cao"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. d3
c6 7. Ba4 Nf6 8. Nd2 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 a5 11. c3 Bb6
12. axb5 cxb5 13. h3 O-O 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nf1 d5 16. Qf3 dxe4
17. dxe4 h6 18. Ng3 Nh7 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. h4 Bc8 21. Bd5 Ra7
22. g3 Be6 23. Kg2 Kh8 24. Rh1 Rd7 25. Bc6 Bxf5 26. exf5 Re7
27. Be4 Rd8 28. g4 Qd6 29. g5 Rg8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qd3 Qc5
32. Be3 Qc7 33. Bxb6 Qxb6 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 hxg5 36. hxg5
Rb8 37. f6 Ra7 38. Rad1 Nf8 39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Rxd8 Kg8 41. Rb8
gxf6 42. gxf6 b4 43. c4 Ra6 44. c5 a4 45. c6 Ra7 46. Rc8 a3
47. c7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Ne5 a4
17. O-O Qb7 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nd3 c4 20. Nf4 Na5 21. Qc3 Rcb8
22. Rc2 Qb3 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Rcc1 Qxb2 25. Qxd5 Bh7 26. Bf3 Ra7
27. Qc5 Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Rfd1 g6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bd1 Rb3
32. Bxb3 axb3 33. Rb8 Nb7 34. Ne2 g5 35. Nc3 b2 36. Rf1 Bd3
37. Re1 Bg6 38. Rf1 Bd3 39. Re1 Bg6 40. a4 Nc5 41. Rxb2 Nd3
42. Ree2 Nxb2 43. Rxb2 Bf5 44. f3 Be6 45. g4 Kf6 46. Kf2 Ke7
47. Ke2 Ra8 48. e4 Ra7 49. Rb8 Bd7 50. Rb4 Be6 51. Kd2 Ra8
52. Rb7+ Kd6 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Rb2 Rd8 55. Rd2 Ra8 56. e5 Kc5
57. Rd6 Ra5 58. Rd8 Kb4 59. Kd4 Kb3 60. Rb8+ Kc2 61. Rb4 Ra8
62. Rb6 Ra7 63. h3 Ra8 64. Rd6 Ra5 65. Ne4 Rxa4 66. Nc5 Rb4
67. Nxe6 fxe6 68. Rxe6 c3+ 69. Ke3 Kb2 70. Rc6 c2 71. Kd2 Rd4+
72. Ke3 Rd1 73. Ke4 Re1+ 74. Kf5 c1=Q 75. Rxc1 Kxc1 76. f4 Rf1
77. e6 Rxf4+ 78. Kg6 Re4 79. Kxh6 Re5 80. Kg6 Rxe6+ 81. Kxg5
Kd2 82. h4 Ke3 83. h5 Re5+ 84. Kf6 Kf4 85. h6 Ra5 86. h7 Ra6+
87. Kg7 Ra7+ 88. Kh6 Rxh7+ 89. Kxh7 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7
12. Bb5 Na6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. a4 b6 15. c6 Qd3 16. Kf2 Nc5
17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rd1 c4 19. Rxd3 cxb3 20. Ne2 e5 21. c4 Rb8
22. Nc3 f5 23. Rb1 fxe4 24. Nxe4 b2 25. c7 Rb7 26. Nd6 Rxc7
27. Rxb2 e4 28. Re3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Rd8 30. Rd3 Ba6 31. Rd4 Re7
32. Rbd2 Rf8+ 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Kg4 Ra3 35. Rf4 Rxa4 36. Rxf8+
Kxf8 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. Kf4 g6 39. g4 Rb4 40. h4 Bb7 41. Ke5 Rb3
42. Nxb7 Rxb7 43. c5 a5 44. Ra4 Rb5 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. Rf4 Kc7
47. Rf7+ Kb8 48. Kd6 Rb1 49. c6 Rd1+ 50. Kc5 a4 51. Rb7+ Kc8
52. Ra7 Ra1 53. Kd6 Rd1+ 54. Ke5 Ra1 55. Kf6 a3 56. Kg7 Rh1
57. Kxh7 Rxh4+ 58. Kxg6 Rxg4+ 59. Kf5 Rc4 60. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 c5 9. O-O b5 10. Rfe1 Bb7 11. Bg5 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. Bh6 Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a4 b4
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxb4 a5 21. Qb7
Nxd5 22. c3 e6 23. Rxe6 Rc7 24. Qxd5 fxe6 25. Qxa5 Rxf2
26. Qb6 Rd2 27. Be4 d5 28. Bf3 Qe7 29. Re1 e5 30. a5 e4 31. a6
Qc5+ 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. b4 exf3 34. gxf3 Rxc3 35. Ra1 Rcc2
36. b5 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Kg1 Rcg2+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Betul Cemre Yildiz"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. d5 Nce7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5
12. Re1 Nf6 13. c5 fxe4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ndxe4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Qg4 Qf7 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Bc3 Kh7
21. Rad1 b5 22. Kh1 Rc4 23. Qh3 Qe7 24. b3 Rcc8 25. Bb4 Rfd8
26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qb7 28. Qd3 Nd4 29. Ba5 Rc8 30. Rxc8
Qxc8 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Bxc3 Nf5 33. Bb4 Ne7 34. Nc3 Nc8 35. g4
Bf6 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Ba5 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke8 40. a3 Bf8
41. h4 Be7 42. h5 Kf7 43. Bc7 Bf8 44. Ke3 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ke7
46. Ba5 Bg7 47. Ng3 Bf6 48. Ne4 Bg7 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Ng3 Bf6
51. Bd2 Ne7 52. Ke4 Bh4 53. Bxh6 Ng8 54. Bg7 Bxg3 55. fxg3 Ke7
56. g4 Kf7 57. Bxe5 dxe5 58. g5 Ne7 59. Kxe5 Nc8 60. g6+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bd6 11. b4 c6
12. Bb2 Ng4 13. Nce2 h5 14. h3 h4 15. hxg4 hxg3 16. Nxg3 Qh4
17. Qe1 Bxg4 18. f4 Bc7 19. Rc1 a6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Ra7
22. d5 Qh6 23. Qf2 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Qg3 Bf5
27. Ng5 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qb3 Bg6 30. Qc3 Rd7 31. Bc4 Rc7
32. Qb3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 b5 34. Bd5 Rxc1 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Rxc1
Qxf4 37. Bxg6 Qxc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. g3 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+
41. Kh4 Re5 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nf4 Qc4 44. Qb2 Qc7 45. Nd3 Nd7
46. Nxe5 Nxe5 47. Be4 Qd6 48. Qc1 Nc4 49. Qg5+ Qf6 50. Bb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nf3 a5 12. Ne4
Nc6 13. Bc3 Nd5 14. Nfd2 f5 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nc5 b6 17. e4
bxc5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ra6 21. dxe6 Bxe6
22. Re1 Rd6 23. Qc1 Qf6 24. Re2 Rd3 25. Bg2 Rfd8 26. Qe1 R8d6
27. Bf1 f4 28. Re4 R3d4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Qe2 Bf7 31. Rc1 h6
32. Qc2 fxg3 33. hxg3 Rg6 34. Kh2 Rf6 35. Kg1 Rf3 36. Bxc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4
12. c3 Bb6 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Nd2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. f5 c5
17. Ne2 Qe7 18. c4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxe2 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Bg5
Qxc4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qd7 Ref8 24. Rae1 Qd3 25. Rd1 Qe3+
26. Kh1 c6 27. Rde1 Qd3 28. b3 h6 29. h3 Kh7 30. Kh2 R8f7
31. Qc8 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Bc7+ 34. f4 Bxf4+ 35. Kh4
Bg5+ 36. Kg3 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4
Qe8 13. Bb2 Kh8 14. c5 Be7 15. Ne5 Bf6 16. Ne2 a5 17. f3 axb4
18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qh5 20. Rf1 Qh6 21. Bc1 Ng5 22. Nf4 g6
23. Re1 Qg7 24. Bf1 Nf7 25. Nfd3 Nd8 26. Nf4 Nf7 27. Bb2 Kg8
28. b5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Bg5 30. Bc1 Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Ne6 32. Bd2 f4
33. Bb4 Rf5 34. Qa2 Qc7 35. Qb2 b6 36. cxb6 Qxb6+ 37. Qf2
Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 c5 39. Bxc5 Nxc5 40. Rc1 Bb7 41. Rxc5 Rf8
42. b6 Rc8 43. Rxc8+ Bxc8 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Kd3 g5 46. Kd4 Ke6
47. Bd3 h6 48. Bh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. b3
cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Bg4 Qb6 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. f4 Nb4 17. Bf2
g6 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Nc1 Nc2 20. Rb1 Rc3 21. Be2 Qa3 22. Nd3
Rac8 23. Qd2 Nb4 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. Qb2 Rc2 26. Qxa3 Bxa3
27. Bb5 Nb8 28. Ra1 a6 29. Bd3 Rd2 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rc1
32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. g3 Nc6 34. Kg2 Bb2 35. g4 Bxd4 36. Bh4 Kf8
37. Kf3 Bb2 38. Bg5 Nb4 39. Bb1 Nc6 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Ke2 Bc1
42. Kd1 Ba3 43. Kd2 Bf8 44. Bg5 h6 45. Bf6 Be7 46. Ke3 g5
47. Bd3 Kf8 48. Kf3 Bxf6 49. exf6 Nb8 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Ke3
Nd7 52. Kd4 Ke8 53. b4 Kd8 54. h4 gxh4 55. g5 Kc7 56. Bf1 Kd6
57. Bh3 Ne5 58. Ke3 Ng6 59. Kd4 Nf4 60. Bg4 h3 61. Ke3 h2
62. Bf3 e5 63. Kf2 e4 64. Bh1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 d5
12. c4 d4 13. Bg5 Be6 14. c3 b5 15. cxb5 Qa5 16. c4 Qb6
17. Ne5 a6 18. Nc6 Bd8 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. b3 Qa8
22. a4 Nd7 23. Bc2 Qb7 24. Bf4 Rb6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qf3 Qa6
27. g4 Nf6 28. h3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. Bc7 Nd5 31. Bxb6 Nc3
32. Ba5 Na2+ 33. Kb2 Nc3 34. Bxc3 Rb8+ 35. Kc1 dxc3 36. Qf6
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5
12. fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5
17. Rf4 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Qxd4 Kd8 20. Ne7 Qc5 21. Qd2 Bxe7
22. fxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bg4 Re8 24. Rc4 b6 25. Rd1 a5 26. h3 Ra7
27. Qc3 Ba6 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Qxd7 30. Rd4 Re6 31. Rxd7+
Kxd7 32. Qd4+ Ke8 33. Qxh4 Kf8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kg8
36. Kh2 Bb7 37. g4 Be4 38. c4 Bb7 39. Kg3 Be4 40. c5 bxc5
41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qxa5 Bb7 43. Qxc5 Ba6 44. a4 Kg8 45. Qd4 Kh7
46. h4 Kg8 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. a5 Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. g5 hxg5+
51. Qxg5+ Kh7 52. h5 Rh6 53. Qe7 Kg7 54. Kg5 Re6 55. Qc7 Rh6
56. Qh2 Kh7 57. Qc2+ Kg7 58. Qc5 Re6 59. Qc1 Rh6 60. Kh4 Re6
61. Qg5+ Kh7 62. Kg3 Rh6 63. Kf4 Re6 64. Qd8 Kg7 65. Qa8 Rh6
66. Qg2+ Kh7 67. Qe4+ Kg7 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. Qe4+ Kg7 70. Qd4+
Kh7 71. Kf5 Re6 72. Qb2 Rh6 73. Ke5 Re6+ 74. Kd5 Rh6 75. Qf2
Kg7 76. Qg3+ Kh7 77. Qc3 Re6 78. Qa3 Kg7 79. Qb4 Rh6 80. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Rfd1 Rd8
17. Rac1 a6 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Bg5 Rc8 20. Qe4 Nd7 21. b4 h6
22. Be3 Ne5 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Rc2 Rab8 26. Rdc1 Qe7
27. Bf4 Qf6 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ng4 30. Nc6 d5 31. Qa4 Ra8
32. Nb4 a5 33. Nd3 e5 34. Qd7 exf4 35. Qxg4 fxg3 36. hxg3 Rc7
37. Nf4 Qc6 38. Qf5 Rd8 39. Rd2 d4 40. Rb2 g6 41. Qe5 Re8
42. Qxd4 Rd7 43. Qc3 Rc7 44. Nd3 Rec8 45. Qd2 Qd5 46. Rbc2 h5
47. Qe3 Rc6 48. Rc4 Re6 49. Qf3 Qxf3 50. exf3 Rec6 51. Rd4
R6c7 52. Rd5 Kg7 53. f4 Kf6 54. Kg2 Ke6 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Kf3
Rd8 57. Rc3 Rdc8 58. Ke3 Nd6 59. Kd2 Nb7 60. Rc1 Kg7 61. Rd5
f6 62. Ke3 Kf7 63. Kd4 Nd8 64. Ke3 Rb8 65. Rc3 Nc6 66. Kd2 Ke6
67. Rd6+ Kf5 68. f3 Rb1 69. g4+ hxg4 70. fxg4+ Kxg4 71. Rxf6
Kh5 72. Rxc6 Rxc6 73. Ne5 Rb2+ 74. Kc1 Rb3 75. Rxb3 Rxc5+
76. Kd2 Kh6 77. Rb6 Kh7 78. Nxg6 Rc4 79. f5 Ra4 80. Ne5 Rxa3
81. f6 Ra4 82. Rb7+ Kh6 83. Rb8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. c4 Qa5 12. Qe3
Bb4 13. a3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. Qe2 Rbc8 19. b4 Be7 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Bf4 h6 22. g4 Bg6
23. Nfe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd7 25. Bb2 Nb6 26. Ne3 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Bg5 29. Rc2 Bf4 30. Kf1 f6 31. Ke2 Be8 32. Kf3
g5 33. Bf1 a6 34. Rd2 Rc8 35. Bb2 Kf7 36. Bd4 Rd8 37. Bc3 Rxd2
38. Bxd2 Bc6 39. Bd3 Nd7 40. Bc3 b5 41. Nc2 f5 42. Ne3 Be5
43. Bd2 fxg4+ 44. Nxg4 Bg7 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. f4 Kh5 47. fxg5
hxg5 48. Nh2 Ne5 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Bxc4 bxc4 51. Bc1 Be5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 e5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 exf4 11. Qxf4 Be7
12. O-O-O Be6 13. h4 O-O 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. a3 Na5 16. g4 Bxd5
17. exd5 Bf6 18. g5 Qc7 19. Rh2 Be5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qb4 Rcd8
22. d6 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. d7 f5 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rg2+ Kh8
27. b4 Nc6 28. Bc4 e4 29. Be6 f5 30. Rg5 Ne7 31. c4 Rf6
32. Rd6 h6 33. Rg1 f4 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Nc6 36. Kd2 Kh7
37. Bg8+ Rxg8 38. Rxf6 e3+ 39. Ke2 Rxg1 40. Rxc6 Rg2+ 41. Kf3
Rg3+ 42. Kxf4 e2 43. d8=Q e1=Q 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Rxh6+ Kg8
46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Rf6+ Ke8 48. Qf7+ Kd8 49. Rd6+ Kc8 50. Qf8+
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Batkhuyag Munguntuul"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. Ne4 Be7
12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bb5 f6 14. Nh4 Bf7 15. Nhf5 Bc5 16. Ne4 Bb6
17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Qf3 Nce7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Bd2 c6 21. Ba4 Bc7
22. c4 Nb6 23. Bc2 Bg6 24. b4 Rad8 25. Bc3 Rge8 26. a4 Bb8
27. a5 Nc8 28. Rad1 Qc7 29. Ng3 Nd6 30. Bb3 Qf7 31. a6 Nb5
32. Bb2 Nd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. axb7 Qxb7 35. b5 Red8 36. Bc2 e4
37. Nxe4 cxb5 38. cxb5 Qxb5 39. Rb1 Qe5 40. Ng3 Qc5 41. Re2 a5
42. Ne4 Qe5 43. Ng3 Qd6 44. Rbe1 h5 45. Re6 Qc7 46. Rc6 Qf4
47. Qxf4 Bxf4 48. Ne2 Re8 49. Kf1 Rd6 50. Ba4 Rxe2 51. Kxe2
Bxd3+ 52. Kf3 Rd4 53. Bc2 Be5 54. Rd1 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Bxc2
56. Rxc2 Rb4 57. Rd8+ Kh7 58. Ra8 Rb3+ 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Kf5
Bc3+ 61. Ke6 Bd4 62. f3 Kg6 63. Rc4 Be3 64. g4 f5 65. gxh5+
Kxh5 66. Rh8+ Kg6 67. f4 Rb6+ 68. Kd5 Rb5+ 69. Kd6 Rb4
70. Rxb4 axb4 71. Ke5 Bb6 72. Rc8 Kh5 73. Kxf5 Kh4 74. Rb8 Bc5
75. Rb7 Bd4 76. Rxb4 Bc3 77. Rb3 Bd2 78. Rb7 Bc3 79. Kg6 Kg3
80. Rb3 Kh4 81. f5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7
7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nce2 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Rd1
Nc6 13. Nf4 Bg7 14. Bh3 Nb6 15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Nge2 O-O 17. a5
Nc4 18. Bxc5 Nxb2 19. Rd7 Qxa5 20. O-O Bc8 21. Nd5 Bxd7
22. Bxd7 Ne5 23. Bxb4 Qd8 24. Bh3 Nc6 25. Ba3 Nc4 26. Bc5 e6
27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. f4 e5 31. Kh1
Nd2 32. Rg1 exf4 33. Nxf4 Nxe4 34. Qe3 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Nxd4
36. Kg2 Nxc2 37. Nxh5 Rd8 38. Nf4 Ng5 39. Bg4 Ne3+ 40. Kf2
Nxg4+ 41. Rxg4 Rd4 42. Rxg5 Rxf4+ 43. Kg3 Ra4 44. h4 Kg7
45. Rc5 Ra1 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 a5 48. Kf4 a4 49. Kf5 Rf1+
50. Ke4 a3 51. Ra5 Ra1 52. Rg5+ Kf6 53. Rg2 Re1+ 54. Kd5 Re5+
55. Kc4 Ra5 56. Kb4 a2 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anita Gara"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 e5 11. Nb3 d5 12. Bc5
Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Bc6 14. Qxb4 O-O 15. Nf2 a5 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. Bd3
Rc8 18. Qxe5 Nbd7 19. Nxd7 Qe3+ 20. Kf1 Nxd7 21. Qd6 dxe4
22. fxe4 Rab8 23. b3 Rb6 24. Re1 Qh6 25. Qd4 Qf4 26. Qe3 Qf6
27. Kg1 Bb7 28. e5 Qh4 29. Bc4 Re8 30. Nd3 Qg4 31. Qf2 Re7
32. h3 Qg5 33. h4 Qg4 34. Rh3 Qh5 35. Rg3 Qh6 36. Qd4 Ba6
37. Nc5 Bxc4 38. Nxd7 Rxd7 39. Qxd7 Qxh4 40. Qg4 Qxg4 41. Rxg4
Be6 42. Rd4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. a5 Nd7 15. Bf1 f5 16. c4 Bf6 17. Ra3 Kh8
18. Nd2 e4 19. b4 Be5 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Be3 f4 22. Bd4 Re8
23. Qd2 Qe7 24. c5 Bf5 25. Bc4 Rad8 26. c6 bxc6 27. dxc6 f3
28. Bf1 fxg2 29. Bxg2 Qf7 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. c7 Nd5 32. Nd4 Bf4
33. Qa2 Bg6 34. b5 Be5 35. Nc6 axb5 36. Na7 b4 37. Ra4 Rxc7
38. Bxc7 Qxc7 39. Qxd5 Qxa7 40. Rxb4 Bc3 41. Rb7 Qxa5 42. Qxa5
Bxa5 43. Rd1 Re6 44. h4 Bc3 45. Rc1 Bf6 46. Bh3 Re5 47. Rc6
Bxh4 48. Rxd6 Bh5 49. Be6 Kh7 50. Rb8 Bf6 51. Bc4 Bf3 52. Rd5
Re7 53. Kf1 Rc7 54. Rb4 h5 55. Kg1 Kh6 56. Kh2 e3 57. fxe3
Rxc4 58. Rxc4 Bxd5 59. Ra4 Bf3 60. Kg3 Bd1 61. Ra5 h4+ 62. Kf4
Bh5 63. e4 Bc3 64. Ra6+ g6 65. e5 Bd2+ 66. Ke4 h3 67. e6 Kg7
68. Ke5 h2 69. Ra7+ Kh6 70. e7 h1=Q 71. e8=Q Qe1+ 72. Kf6 Bc3+
0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Kh1 e5 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. h3
Qh4 13. Nd1 Be6 14. Bd2 h5 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Nh6 17. Ne3
Bg4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 Be6 20. Be2 g6 21. Nd5 Kb8 22. Bg5
Rc8 23. Rcd1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. h4 Rh5 26. Be3 Bxe3
27. Nxe3 g5 28. Kg1 gxh4 29. Kf2 h3 30. Rxd6 hxg2 31. Rg1 Rch8
32. Nc5 Kc7 33. Rdd1 Bc8 34. Rxg2 Nd4 35. Nd5+ Kb8 36. Nf6 Rg5
37. Ncd7+ Bxd7 38. Nxd7+ Kc7 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxd4 Rhe8
41. Ke3 f5 42. Kf4 Rxe4+ 43. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 44. Kxf5 Rxc4 45. b3
Rd4 46. Ke5 Rd3 47. Kf5 Rd4 48. Rc2+ Kb6 49. Rc4 Rd2 50. Ra4
Ka7 51. Kxg4 b5 52. Re4 Rxa2 53. Kf3 a5 54. g4 a4 55. bxa4
Rxa4 56. g5 Kb6 57. Re8 Ra1 58. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nazi Paikidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Qb6
12. Be2 Nb3 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Be4 15. O-O Qg6 16. Bg3 Nc5
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qe2 f6 20. b4 Na4 21. Qc4 Qxc4
22. Nxc4 Rac8 23. Rbc1 Rfd8 24. Na5 Nc3 25. Kh1 b6 26. Nb7 Rd3
27. Rfe1 Kf7 28. f3 Ke6 29. fxe4 Rc4 30. Rf1 Rxe4 31. Rc2
Rexe3 32. Bf2 Re4 33. Rfc1 Nd1 34. Kg1 Nxf2 35. Kxf2 Rxa3
36. b5 Re5 37. Rc7 Kf5 38. h3 h5 39. Rd1 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 h4
41. Nd6+ Bxd6 42. Rxd6 Rxb5 43. Rd3 g5 44. g4+ hxg3 45. Kxg3
Rbb2 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "6.1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6
12. Bh4 Bd6 13. c4 Be5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 d4 16. b3 Qa5
17. Re1 Rd8 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. c5 Re8 20. Rec1 Qd2 21. Rd1 Qg5
22. Qf4 Qh5 23. Qh4 Qe5 24. Qf4 Qh5 25. Qh4 Qe5 26. Qf4 Rad8
27. Rd2 Qh5 28. Qh4 Qe5 29. Qf4 Qh5 30. Qh4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lilit Galojan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O
7. Nh3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. O-O Na6
12. Be3 Nc7 13. Qh5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d6 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Bf4 c4+
17. Kh1 fxe4 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Bxd6 Rf5 21. Be7 Be6
22. Rd6 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 hxg5 25. Bxc7 exf3
26. gxf3 Bd5 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Bxb8 a6 29. Kg1 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Katharina Newrkla"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. N1d2 Bc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Bg5 f6 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nd4 Qd6 21. Qd2 Rad8
22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Qc1 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qh5 25. Bg5 Qg6 26. Qf4 Nd5
27. Qg4 Rd6 28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Qg3 Rd5 30. Bf4 Qxg3 31. Bxg3 c5
32. Nb3 c4 33. Nd4 e3 34. f3 Rg5 35. Bf4 Rd5 36. Bxe3 Rde5
37. Bf2 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Re2 39. Rc1 Nd5 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Kf1
Re8 42. Be4 g6 43. Bg3 Kg7 44. a3 Kf7 45. Kf2 h6 46. h4 Re7
47. Bd6 Rd7 48. Be5 Nb6 49. g4 Na4 50. Rc2 a5 51. Ke3 Nb6
52. Bxb7 Rxb7 53. Ke4 b4 54. axb4 axb4 55. d5 c3 56. Kd4 cxb2
57. Rxb2 Na4 58. Rb3 Rb5 59. Bd6 Nb6 60. Bc5 Nd7 61. Rxb4 Rxc5
62. Rb7 Rc1 63. Rxd7+ Kf6 64. f4 Rd1+ 65. Ke4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Ba2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Bb1 b5 15. e4 g6 16. Qd2 Qb6
17. e5 Nh5 18. Be3 Qb8 19. g4 Ng7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Nd6 Be8
22. Bf4 Rc7 23. Qe3 Na5 24. b3 Nb7 25. Ne4 Rcd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7
27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Bg3 Ne8 29. Qh6 Bxf6 30. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5
12. d5 Na6 13. Nd4 Nac5 14. f3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qf6
17. dxe6 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. O-O Rhg8 21. Qf5
Qg7 22. Qh3 Kb8 23. Rad1 Rde8 24. Nf5 Qxc3 25. Bxc5 bxc5
26. Qxh6 Qc2 27. Nh4 Qxc4 28. Rfe1 Re7 29. Nf5 Qxa2 30. Nh4
Bxf3 31. Rb1+ Kc8 32. g3 fxg3 33. Nxf3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qd6 5. f4 f6 6. c4 d4
7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qd5 Bd7 9. Qxd6 exd6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 dxe3
12. dxe3 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. O-O-O Nh6 15. Nd5 Ng4 16. Rhe1
Rhe8 17. h3 Nf2 18. Rd2 Ne4 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. Kc2 f5 21. Bxg7
Rxg7 22. Re2 b5 23. Nd2 Ng3 24. Re1 a6 25. Nb6+ Kc7 26. Nd5+
Kb7 27. Nf3 h6 28. Nd2 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Kd1 Rg6 31. Nf3
Ne4 32. Kc2 Rge6 33. h4 g4 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. g3
bxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4+ 38. Kd2 Bb5 39. Rb3 Kc6 40. Ne7+ Kd7
41. Nd5 Ke6 42. Nc7+ Ke5 43. Nxb5 axb5 44. Rxb5 Ra4 45. Rb2 d5
46. Rc1 c4 47. Ke2 Rha6 48. Rcc2 Ra3 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Re2 c3
51. Rb4+ Ke5 52. Rb3 Rxb3 53. axb3 Ke4 54. b4 Kd3 55. b5 Rb6
56. e4 fxe4 57. Re3+ Kd4 58. Re2 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 O-O 14. Rg1 b4 15. Nce2 e5 16. f6 exd4
17. fxe7 Re8 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qf4 Be6 20. Kb1 Rxe7 21. Nf5 Rd7
22. Rg2 Rad8 23. Ne3 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rgd2
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 a5 29. Qd5 g6 30. h4 Ng4 31. Be2
h5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. b3 Qe7 35. Kb2 Ne3 36. Kc1 Ng4
37. Be4 Qc7 38. Bd5 Qg3 39. Qe4 Ne5 40. Qd4 Ng4 41. Qe4 Ne5
42. Qd4 Qe1+ 43. Kb2 Ng4 44. a3 Ne3 45. Bxf7+ Kxf7 46. Qd7+
Kf8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4
7. Nce2 a5 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. h4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 h5 11. Nh3 Nf6
12. f3 Nbd7 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Kg1 c5 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7
17. Ne2 Nb6 18. b3 e5 19. Bf2 d5 20. Kh2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Rad8 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. c4 Nf6 25. Qc5 Qb7 26. Rd5 Nxe4
27. Qa7 Qxa7 28. Bxa7 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Bb8
Rd7 32. d6 Bf8 33. Rd5 Nxd6 34. Rxa5 Rb7 35. Ra8 Kg7 36. a5 e4
37. a6 Rd7 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Nc6 e3 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf3 Bh6
42. Ra7 Rxa7 43. Bxa7 Nb5 44. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a4 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Qg5 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Bc6 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd2 20. g3 Qxd4 21. b3 Rfe8
22. Rac1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf8 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qd7 Qd2 26. Re7
Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Qd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yelena Dembo"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 O-O-O 14. Qh4 Be7 15. f5 Qc5 16. Bd3 Kb8
17. Rhe1 Bb7 18. Qh5 Rdf8 19. g3 Bd8 20. Ne2 Ba5 21. Rf1 Qe5
22. Nf4 Rhg8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qxh7 Rh8 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qf7
Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Rf2 f5 29. a3 Bc7 30. Re2 Qf3 31. Nxe6
Qxe2 32. Qxc7+ Ka8 33. Rxd6 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Qxe6+ 35. Rxe6 Rxe6
36. Qd7 Reh6 37. Qxf5 Rxh2 38. g4 R2h7 39. g5 Ra7 40. Qd5+ Rb7
41. g6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yelena Dembo"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "8"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "215"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bf3
Nd7 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. b3 e6 17. Ne2
Qc7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Ng3 Rfd8 20. Bd4 e5 21. Bc3 Ne6 22. f5
Nd4 23. Bxa5 Qc5 24. Kh1 Rdc8 25. c4 gxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxf5
27. exf5 e4 28. Bg4 Re8 29. Bb4 Qc6 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qe3 Rbd8
32. Be2 Re5 33. Rf1 Kh8 34. Bc3 Re7 35. Rbd1 d5 36. cxd5 Rxd5
37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Bc4 Qc6 39. h3 Re8 40. Rd1 Qc7 41. Be6 Rd8
42. Qd4 h6 43. Bd2 Qe7 44. Bf4 Bf8 45. Qe3 Kh7 46. Qg3 Qg7
47. Qe3 Qe7 48. Kh2 Qg7 49. g4 Qe7 50. Kg3 Qg7 51. Qb6 Qe7
52. Qc7 Kg7 53. Bd6 Qxc7 54. Bxc7 Bc5 55. Ba5 e3 56. h4 Bd6+
57. Kh3 Be5 58. Bc4 Bf3 59. Be1 Bb7 60. Bg3 Bc3 61. Be2 Kf8
62. Bf4 Kg7 63. Bxe3 Bd5 64. Bc4 Bb7 65. g5 hxg5 66. hxg5 fxg5
67. Bxg5 Bf6 68. Be3 a5 69. Bb6 Bc3 70. Bxd8 Bb4 71. Kg4 Be4
72. f6+ Kf8 73. Kf4 Bc2 74. Ke5 Ke8 75. Bb6 Bc3+ 76. Bd4 Bb4
77. f7+ Kf8 78. Be3 Kg7 79. Bd4 Kf8 80. Ke6 Bg6 81. Kf6 Bh5
82. Bb6 Be7+ 83. Ke5 Bb4 84. Kf6 Be7+ 85. Kf5 Bxf7 86. Bxf7
Kxf7 87. Bxa5 Bd6 88. Bd8 Ke8 89. Ba5 Kd7 90. Ke4 Kc6 91. Kd4
Kb7 92. Kd5 Bf8 93. Bc3 Kb6 94. Kc4 Be7 95. Bb4 Bf6 96. Bc5+
Kb7 97. b4 Bh4 98. b5 Be1 99. Bb4 Bf2 100. a5 Kb8 101. b6 Kb7
102. Kb5 Kb8 103. Bd6+ Ka8 104. Bc5 Bg3 105. Kc6 Bf4 106. a6
Kb8 107. Bd6+ Ka8 108. b7+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Nbd7 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Rc8 11. b4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Ba8 18. h3 h6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+
21. Bxc1 Qd8 22. Bb2 Bb7 23. Bd4 Qc8 24. Kh2 Qd8 25. Bd3 Bc6
26. b5 Bb7 27. a4 Qc8 28. f3 Qd8 29. Bc4 Qc8 30. Bb3 Qd8
31. Bc3 Qc8 32. Qd4 Qc7+ 33. Qe5 Qc8 34. Bb2 Qd8 35. Bd4 Qc8
36. Qd6 Ne8 37. Qe7 Qb8+ 38. f4 Qa8 39. f5 Qb8+ 40. g3 Bd5
41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Qd7 Nf6 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44. Qxd5 Qc8 45. Qe4
Qc3 46. h4 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Qe1 48. Qf3 Qa1 49. Qg4+ Kf8 50. Qb4+
Kg7 51. Qe4 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Qd1+
55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Kh3 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4
7. Nce2 Nf6 8. f3 a5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. O-O
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Qd2 c5 15. d5 Ne5 16. b3 c4 17. Bh6
Qb6+ 18. Kh1 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rac8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5 Kh7
22. f4 Neg4 23. e5 Nxd5 24. Nxh5 Nh6 25. e6 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rh8
27. Rf3 Rc3 28. exf7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 d5
7. Nc3 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Qh3 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Ne4 13. f3 Ng5 14. Qg3 d4 15. Ne2 dxe3 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Bxe3 Ne6 18. f4 c4 19. Bc2 Bc5 20. f5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qc5
22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Almira Skripchenko"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. f4 e5
7. Qf3 Qc7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Be7 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. a3 a6 13. Nge2 c5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb6
17. O-O O-O-O 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rad1 Rhf8 20. Qg4+ Kb8
21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Qe4 Bd6 23. b3 Rc8 24. a4 b4 25. Ng3 c4
26. Qg4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh2 Nxd5 29. Qe6 Nf4 30. Qxa6
Qc6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. Rd2 cxb3 33. cxb3 Rc3 34. Rb2 Re3
35. Nf1 Re1 36. Nd2 e4 37. Kg3 Nd3 38. Rc2 e3 39. Nf3 Rb1
40. Re2 Nc1 41. Rxe3 Nxb3 42. Re8+ Kb7 43. Re7+ Ka6 44. Rxh7
Nc5 45. Rg7 b3 46. Nd2 Rb2 47. Rxg6+ Ka5 48. Nc4+ Kb4 49. Nxb2
Kc3 50. Rc6 Kxb2 51. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Qe2
Nxe5 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. dxe5 O-O 11. O-O
Re8 12. Bf4 Qh4 13. Qa4 Bh3 14. g3 Qg4 15. f3 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qh5
17. g4 Qg6 18. Rd1 h5 19. g5 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Nf1 h4
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Be3 Bg4 25. Kg2 h3+ 26. Kg3 Bxe3
27. Nxe3 Bd7 28. Nd5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb6 Qf4
12. Bd3 d5 13. g3 Qb8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Be3 e5 16. c3 Bh3
17. Re1 O-O 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. Nb6 Qc6 20. Qa4 Qb7 21. Bf1 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Rab8 23. Qd1 Rfd8 24. Na4 Qd7 25. Rb1 h5 26. Bc5 Bxc5
27. Nxc5 Qf5 28. Qd3 e4 29. Qe2 d4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Rbc1 Rbd8
32. Nb3 Rd3 33. Rfe1 h4 34. Rc5 Qh3 35. Qf1 hxg3 36. Qxh3
gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rxh3 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Rc3 Rd5 40. h3 Nh5 41. Nc5
Rd2+ 42. Kg1 f5 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Rc6 Nf6 45. Rxa6 Rxb2 46. Rf1
e3 47. Re1 f4 48. Rf1 e2 49. Re1 Ne4 50. Ra4 Kxe6 51. Rxe4+
Kf5 52. Re7 Rxh3 53. Rxg7 Rg3+ 54. Rxg3 fxg3 55. a4 Kf4
56. Kg2 Ra2 57. a5 Ke3 58. Kxg3 Rxa5 59. Rb1 Rg5+ 60. Kh4 Rg8
61. Ra1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O Qc8 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qd2
d5 13. e5 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3
Qc6 18. Bf3 e6 19. Qe3 Bf8 20. Kh2 b6 21. b3 Rac8 22. Rad1 Qb7
23. c4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qa6 25. a4 Qa5 26. Rd3 Qb4 27. Rfd1 Qe7
28. Bf2 g5 29. Qg4 h6 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Be3 Bh6 32. h4 Rxd3
33. Rxd3 Kf8 34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. hxg5 Rc5 36. Qh4 Qc7 37. Qh8+
Ke7 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Rd6 Rc6 40. g6 Rxd6 41. g7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. d4 Bf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nd3 Qf5 13. Nf4 Bg5 14. Nh3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Qf7 16. O-O d6
17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Qe3 Bg4 19. f4 h6 20. Nh3 Rae8 21. Qg3 Qf5
22. Nf2 Be2 23. Rfe1 Re7 24. h3 Rfe8 25. Ng4 Kh7 26. Nh2 Re4
27. Rc2 Re3 28. Rcxe2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Nf1 Rxb2 31. Qf3
Rb1 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. Ng3 Qb1 34. h4 d5 35. f5 Qd1 36. Qf4 Qg1+
37. Kh3 Rxa2 38. Qxc7 Rxg2 39. h5 a5 40. f6 Rxg3+ 41. Qxg3
Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 gxf6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6
7. Qe1 d4 8. a4 O-O 9. Na3 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Nc4
Nd5 13. c3 Rad8 14. h3 h6 15. Ne4 Bxh3 16. Nxc5 Qc8 17. Bxh3
Qxh3 18. Nxb7 Rb8 19. Nc5 Rxb2 20. cxd4 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qxg3+
22. Kh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Bxd4+ 24. e3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c5 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Qe3 e5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bh3 Rcd8
17. Nh4 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. f3 Nf8 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. e4 b5
22. cxb5 d5 23. Qe3 dxe4 24. fxe4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qc2 26. Qd2
Qxb3 27. Bg2 Qxb5 28. Nd6 Qb6+ 29. Qf2 Rd8 30. Qxb6 axb6
31. Rd2 Ne8 32. Nc4 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Nd6 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7
36. h4 f6 37. Bc3 Nf8 38. Bb4 Ba6 39. Nb1 Kd7 40. Bh3+ Kc6
41. Nc3 Bc4 42. h5 Bf7 43. Bg4 Nd7 44. Bf3 Nc5 45. g4 Nc4+
46. Ke2 Ne6 47. Kd3 Nf4+ 48. Kc2 Be6 49. Bf8 Bxg4 50. Bxg4
Ne3+ 51. Kb3 Nxg4 52. Bxg7 Nxh5 53. Bh8 Nf4 54. Kc4 h5 55. Nd5
Nxd5 56. exd5+ Kd6 57. Bg7 h4 58. Bf8+ Kd7 59. Bb4 h3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold, Women)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7
12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2
Nb6 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. dxc5 Nc4 19. f4 Qe6 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5
Qg6 22. Qxg6+ fxg6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rb1 b6 25. cxb6 axb6
26. Rb5 Nxe3 27. Be5 Ra8 28. Bd4 Nf5 29. Bxb6 Rxa2 30. Rxd5
Rc2 31. Rd3 g4 32. Bd8 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Rc1+ 35. Kf2
Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thi Thanh An Nguyen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Rfd1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. b4 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxe3
17. Bxe3 bxa4 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Ne4 21. Ne5
Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rd7 Nc5 25. Rc7 Ne4
26. Rc4 Nd6 27. Rxa4 Ra8 28. Nc6 Nb5 29. Nb4 Nc7 30. Ra5 Kf8
31. Rc5 Ra7 32. a4 Ke8 33. Rc6 Kd7 34. Rb6 a5 35. Nc6 Nd5
36. Ne5+ Kc7 37. Rc6+ Kb7 38. Rc5 Nb6 39. Nc6 Nxa4 40. Rxa5
Rxa5 41. Nxa5+ Kb6 42. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.19"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. e3 b5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 b4 11. Na4 c6 12. Ne5
Bb7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. Rfc1 a5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bf1 h5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Qd8
22. Bb5 Nf6 23. f3 Qd6 24. Nc5 Qb6 25. Bf1 Bc6 26. Rc2 Re8
27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Qc1 Bb5 29. Rc7 Kg8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kg7
32. Nf4 Bc6 33. Bh3 Bb5 34. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.21"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Re1
c5 13. e4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nxc5 17. Nxc5
bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rfd8 19. Qc2 a5 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. Rc4 Rac8 22. Qa4
Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. h3 Rb8 26. Qc4 Qb6 27. Ne5
Rc8 28. Qe2 Qd4 29. Nf3 Qa4 30. Qd3 Qc2 31. Qb5 Bc6 32. Qa6
Bd7 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Nc4 Rc5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Bb5 37. Na3
Bxa6 38. Nxc2 Rxc2 39. Bxa6 Bxb4 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.22"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nc3 Be7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O bxc5
12. Rd1 d4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. e4 Re8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5
17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. Bc1 d3 20. Qd7 Bf6 21. Rb1 Red8
22. Qf5 Nxa3 23. Ra1 Nc2 24. Ra4 g6 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qe4 Bb5
27. Ra2 Nb4 28. Ra3 Re8 29. Qf4 Nxd5 30. Qh6 Bg7 31. Qg5 Nb4
32. g4 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Nc2 34. Rc3 Qe6 35. Qh4 Qe2 36. Rf1 Qe4
37. Qh3 Qf5 38. Qg3 Rcd8 39. Rb3 c4 40. Rc3 Nd4 41. Nxd4 Rxd4
42. Bh3 Qh5 43. Be3 Rh4 44. Bg2 Be5 45. f4 Bxc3 46. bxc3 Rg4
47. Qf3 Rxe3 48. Qxe3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.25"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kardelen Cemhan"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 d5
12. e5 Nd7 13. c4 Be7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Rc3 Bb7 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Bd4 Rc8 18. Rh3 Bc6 19. Kh1 Bb5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 g6
22. f5 Qb5 23. Qf3 exf5 24. Nc3 Qc4 25. Rd1 Bc5 26. b3 Qb4
27. Nxd5 Qa3 28. Ba1 Bf8 29. Qf4 Rc6 30. e6 Rxe6 31. Qd4 f6
32. Qc4 Rae8 33. Nc7 Nb6 34. Qh4 h5 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.26"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anzel Solomons"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. h3 h6 8. Nf1 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Ng3
Nc6 13. d4 Re8 14. O-O Bf8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. a4 Rb8 17. d5 Nd8
18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Nb7 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Qe2 c4 22. Bc2 Ra8
23. Be3 Rec8 24. Nd2 Nd8 25. f4 g6 26. Qf2 Bg7 27. fxe5 dxe5
28. Rf1 Ne8 29. Bb6 Qb7 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxf7+
Kh7 33. Qe7 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Ra8 35. Rf8 Qe3 36. Ndf1 Qxc3
37. Qxd7 Qxc2 38. Qf7 c3 39. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[EventDate "2011.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lilit Mkrtchian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. e5 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Kd2 Rd8 15. Ke3 Bd7 16. Ng5
f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Kf7 19. Rhc1 Bc6 20. Rc5 b6 21. Rh5
Kg7 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Ba6 Bb7 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8
26. d5 f5 27. Ng3 Rc3+ 28. Kf4 Rc4+ 29. Ke5 Kg6 30. f4 exd5
31. Rg5+ Kf7 32. Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Rh5 Nc6+ 34. Kxd5 Rc5+ 35. Ke4
Rc4+ 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Kg4 Rc2 38. Rxh7+ Ke6 39. h4 Rxg2 40. h5
Nd4 41. Kh3 Rxa2 42. h6 Ra3 43. Kg4 Ra2 44. Rh8 Rh2 45. h7 Kf7
46. Nh5 Ne6 47. Ra8 Nxf4 48. Kxf4 Rxh5 49. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne3 Nac4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bd6 18. b3 Nb6 19. c4 f5 20. Bb2 e4 21. Nd2 Bd7
22. Qe2 Rae8 23. Rad1 Rf7 24. a3 h6 25. Qh5 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5
27. b4 Qd6 28. Nb3 Na4 29. cxb5 cxb4 30. bxa6 bxa3 31. a7 Ra8
32. Nd2 Nb2 33. Ra1 Rxa7 34. Qh4 Rf8 35. Bb3 Kh7 36. Rec1 Nd3
37. Rcb1 Qe5 38. Ba2 e3 39. Nf3 exf2+ 40. Kh1 Qf6 41. Qc4 Ne5
42. Nxe5 Qxe5 43. Qc5 Rc7 44. Qxf2 Rc3 45. Re1 Qf6 46. Rad1
Rb8 47. Rd2 f4 48. Qa7 Qd6 49. Qd4 Rbc8 50. Bb1+ Kg8 51. Qe4
f3 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Bg6 fxg2+ 54. Kg1 Qb6+ 55. Rf2+ Qxf2+
56. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qe7
12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 a5 15. b5 c5 16. e3 Ne4
17. Qb2 c4 18. Nb1 Qb4 19. Qa3 f5 20. Nc3 Rae8 21. Ra2 Rf6
22. Ne2 h6 23. Ne1 g5 24. Nc2 Qb3 25. Na1 Qb4 26. Nc2 Qf8
27. Qxf8+ Nxf8 28. Ne1 Ng6 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Rxc3 f4 31. Ra1
Kg7 32. exf4 gxf4 33. Bf3 Ne7 34. Nc2 Nf5 35. Rd1 Nd6 36. Ne1
fxg3 37. hxg3 Ref8 38. Rd2 Nf7 39. Bg2 Re8 40. Nc2 Ng5 41. Re3
Rxe3 42. Nxe3 Nf3+ 43. Bxf3 Rxf3 44. Re2 h5 45. Kg2 Rf7
46. Nd1 Bc8 47. Nc3 h4 48. f4 Kf8 49. Re5 Rg7 50. Rg5 h3+
51. Kh2 Rxg5 52. fxg5 Be6 53. g4 Bxg4 54. Nxd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 Be6
56. Nf4 Bf5 57. Nd5 Kg6 58. Nxb6 c3 59. Nd5 c2 60. Nf4+ Kxg5
61. Ne2 Kf6 62. b6 Bc8 63. Nc1 Kf5 64. Kxh3 Ke4+ 65. Kg2 Kxd4
66. Kf2 Kc5 67. Ke3 Kxb6 68. Kd3 Bf5+ 69. Kc3 Bg6 70. Nb3 Be4
71. Kb2 Bc6 72. Nxa5 Bxa4 73. Nc4+ Kc5 74. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5
7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 a5 11. a4 Qc7 12. g4 Bg6
13. Nh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Bf8
18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Qe3 Ne6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Nf3 Nf4 22. Bf1 h5
23. g5 Nd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Qxf4 Rbe8 27. Nxg6
fxg6 28. axb5 Kh7 29. Bc4 Qc8 30. Qh4 cxb5 31. Bxb5 Qc3
32. Rf1 Rd8 33. Bd3 Rxd3 34. cxd3 gxf5 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. g6
Rd8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ Kd7 40. exf5 Qxd3
41. Re1 Kc8 42. Rc1+ Kb7 43. Qe7+ Rd7 44. Qe6 Qb5 45. Qe4+ Qd5
46. Re1 Kb6 47. Qxd5 Rxd5 48. Re7 Rxf5 49. Rxg7 Kc5 50. h4 Kd6
51. Rf7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Bxh5 11. Ng5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Bb4 13. Qg4 Qe7 14. Nf3 f5 15. Qg6+ Qf7 16. Qg3 c5
17. Bd2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nc6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Qf4 Rh5 21. Rhg1
Rdh8 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Rdg1 Rxh4 24. Nxh4 Rxh4 25. Qf3 cxd4
26. Rxg7 Qc5 27. Bd2 Ncxe5 28. Rg8+ Kc7 29. Bf4 d3 30. c3 d4
31. R1g7 Rxf4 32. Rxd7+ Nxd7 33. Qxf4+ e5 34. Qg5 Qd5 35. Qd8+
Kc6 36. a4 d2+ 37. Kxd2 dxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Qd4+ 39. Kc2 Qxa4+
40. Kd2 Qd4+ 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Rg1 Qh3+ 44. Ke2
Qh5+ 45. Kd2 Nc5 46. Qf6+ Kd5 47. Qd8+ Kc6 48. Qc8+ Kb5
49. Re1 Qf3 50. Qe8+ Kb4 51. Qe7 Qxf2+ 52. Re2 Qd4+ 53. Ke1 e4
54. Rc2 Qg1+ 55. Kd2 Qd4+ 56. Kc1 f4 57. Kb1 Qd1+ 58. Rc1 Qd3+
59. Ka1 b6 60. Rc3 Qa6+ 61. Kb1 Qf1+ 62. Ka2 Qa6+ 63. Kb1 e3
64. Qd6 Qf1+ 65. Ka2 Qa6+ 66. Kb1 Qf1+ 67. Ka2 Qa6+ 68. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Nc3 g6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qc7
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bc4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc6 16. Bd3 f5
17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qd6 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. dxc5
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxc5 23. b4 Qf6 24. Rcc1 Ne4 25. Nd4 Rd6 26. f3
Ng5 27. Nb5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 a5 29. Nd6 Ba8 30. h4 Nf7 31. Nxf7+
Rxf7 32. Qd2 Kg7 33. Qd8 Qc3 34. Qd4+ Qxd4 35. Rxd4 axb4
36. axb4 e5 37. Rd8 Rc7 38. Bd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc4 40. Rxe5
Rxb4 41. Re7+ Kg8 42. h5 gxh5 43. Re5 f4 44. e4 Kg7 45. Rxh5
b5 46. Rf5 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 b4 48. Rxf4 b3 49. Rf5 b2 50. Rb5 Kf6
51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. e5+ Kc6 54. Rb8 Kd5 55. Kf5 Re1
56. Rb5+ Kd4 57. Rxb2 Rxe5+ 58. Kf6 Re8 59. Rb7 h5 60. Rh7 Rg8
61. Rg7 Rh8 62. Re7 Rg8 63. Rg7 Rh8 64. f4 Ke3 65. f5 h4
66. Ke7 Kf4 67. f6 Ra8 68. f7 Ra7+ 69. Kd6 Ra6+ 70. Kd7 Ra7+
71. Kc8 Ra8+ 72. Kc7 Kf5 73. Rh7 Kg6 74. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 O-O 16. O-O f6
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qg5 Kg7 20. Rf3 a5 21. Rc1 b6
22. Nb3 a4 23. Nd2 Nxb4 24. Bb1 Nc6 25. Rcf1 Ba6 26. R1f2 Raf8
27. Rh3 Kg8 28. Qh6 Qg7 29. Qh4 e5 30. Rhf3 e4 31. Rh3 Ne7
32. Qg5 Nf5 33. Nf1 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Rc6 35. Rc1 Rfc8 36. Kh1 b5
37. a3 Qe7 38. Qg4 Qxa3 39. Qd1 Qc5 40. Ba2 Rd6 41. g4 Ne3
42. Qe2 Nc4 43. f5 Rf8 44. Rf1 Rdf6 45. Qe1 gxf5 46. Qh4 Qc7
47. gxf5 Kh8 48. Qg5 Qg7 49. Qh5 Qf7 50. Qd1 Rxf5 51. Rg1 Qf6
52. Rhg3 Rf1 53. Qxd5 Rxg1+ 54. Rxg1 e3 55. Bb1 Qf3+ 56. Qxf3
Rxf3 57. Be4 Rf6 58. Kg2 a3 59. Rd1 Ra6 60. Kf3 a2 61. Ra1
Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 Qh4 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 c6 11. Nd2 Bf5
12. Nf3 Qh6 13. Nd4 Be4 14. Bf3 g6 15. Qe2 Qg7 16. Bxe4 Nxe4
17. c4 Rd8 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Rxd5
cxd5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qb5 Qf8 24. f5 a6 25. Qe2 Ne4 26. f6 Bc5
27. Nd2 Ng5 28. Nb3 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Ne6 30. h3 Kh8 31. Kh2 h6
32. Nd4 Nc5 33. Rc1 Kh7 34. b4 Nd7 35. a3 Re8 36. Nf3 Nxf6
37. Rc7 Ne4 38. Rxb7 Re7 39. Rb6 Qc8 40. Qf4 Kg7 41. Qe3 Re6
42. Rxe6 Qxe6 43. Qd4 g5 44. a4 h5 45. Kg1 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4
47. Ne1 g3 48. Nf3 Kg8 49. Qe3 Qc6 50. Nd4 Qxa4 51. Qc1 Qxb4
52. Qc8+ Qf8 53. Qg4+ Qg7 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Qf5+ Qg6 56. Qf4
Nc3 57. Qh4+ Kg7 58. Qf6+ Qxf6 59. exf6+ Kxf6 60. Kf1 Ke5
61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. Ke1 Ke3 63. Nb4 a5 64. Nc2+ Kd3 65. Na3 f5
66. Kf1 Kd2 67. Kg1 Kc1 0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5
7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e3 a6 11. bxa6 Nc6
12. Be2 e5 13. e4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qb3 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. exd5 e4 18. d6+ Kh8 19. d7 Nxd7 20. Qd5 e3 21. Nf3 Qd3
22. Rd1 Qc2 23. fxe3 Qxg2 24. Rf1 dxe3 25. Qg5 Qxb2 26. Rxd7
Qc3+ 27. Kd1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zeinab Mamedjarova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7
7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc8 11. e4 d6
12. b4 O-O 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qb7 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf8
17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Rc2 Ng6
22. N4b3 Nd7 23. f4 Rec8 24. Qf3 b5 25. Rec1 Nb6 26. Na5 Qa8
27. Bd4 Nd7 28. h4 e5 29. Bf2 exf4 30. gxf4 Nf6 31. Bg3 h5
32. e5 Ng4 33. Ne4 dxe5 34. f5 Nf4+ 35. Kg1 bxc4 36. Bxf4 exf4
37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Qa7+ 39. Kh1 Rxc4 40. Nxc4 Qe7 41. Ng5
Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qc1 43. Na5 Qd2+ 44. Kg1 Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Be2
Ne5 13. O-O Nfd7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Ra2 f5 17. Re1
Bb7 18. Bf1 Rec8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Ndxe4 Rf8 21. Bg5 Rae8
22. Qd2 c4 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Ng5 Nc5 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. Nce4 Nxe4
27. Nxe4 Bxh3 28. Rxa6 Bg4 29. Rc1 Qc8 30. Ra7 Bf3 31. Nxd6
Qg4 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4 Bxd5 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxe8+ Rxe8
36. f4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.02"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Khayala Abdulla"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb6 Qf4
12. Bd3 d5 13. g3 Qb8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nb6 Bh3
17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Re1 h5 21. Qe2 Kf8
22. Bxa6 h4 23. Qb5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Be6 25. Bb7 Qb8 26. Rad1 d4
27. a4 Bc4 28. Qc6 Rh6 29. Kg2 Be6 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 g6
32. a5 Kg7 33. a6 Bf5 34. f3 Qa7 35. Qe8 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Meri Arabidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O c5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 bxc5 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. e4 O-O 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rfc8 19. Qb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Qxe4 21. Bxc5
Bxc3 22. Rac1 Rb7 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxc3 Qb2 25. Rfc1 e5
26. h3 Kg7 27. R3c2 Qb5 28. Bb4 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 g5 30. Rc3 h5
31. Re3 Kg6 32. Bc3 f6 33. g3 Qd5 34. Kh2 Qa2 35. Be1 Qc4
36. Kg1 Qe6 37. Kh2 e4 38. a4 f5 39. a5 Qa2 40. g4 Qc4
41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Kg2 Qa4 43. Bd2 Qa2 44. Bb4 Qc4 45. Bd2 Qd5
46. Be1 h4 47. Bb4 g4 48. hxg4+ Kxg4 49. Be1 Qb7 50. Kh2 Qc7+
51. Kg2 Qc6 52. Kh2 Qd6+ 53. Kg2 Kf5 54. Bc3 Qg6+ 55. Kh2 Qa6
56. Kg2 Qg6+ 57. Kh2 Kg4 58. Kg2 Qc6 59. Kh2 Qh6 60. Be1 Qc6
61. Bc3 Qb7 62. Kg2 h3+ 63. Kh2 Qf7 64. Rg3+ Kf5 65. Kxh3 Qa2
66. Kg2 Qd5 67. Re3 Qg8+ 68. Rg3 Qd5 69. Re3 Qg8+ 70. Rg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zoya Schleining"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 e6 9. Nde2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8
12. h3 Be6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Nh5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Qc7
17. c3 Nf6 18. Nc5 Ne4 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Nd3 Rad8 21. Rad1 h6
22. Ba4 Ng5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Re3 Re4 25. Bc2 g4 26. Qg3 Qxg3
27. Rxg3 Re2 28. Ba4 gxh3 29. gxh3 Rd6 30. b3 Bxc3 31. Nc1
Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 33. Ne2 c5 34. Nf4 Ba5 35. Bb5 Be4 36. Kf1
Rf6 37. Ne2 Bb6 38. Nc3 c4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40. Bxc4 Rxf2+
41. Ke1 Kg7 42. Be2 Rh2 43. Kd1 Kh6 44. b4 f5 45. Bc4 f4
46. Rg4 Be3 47. h4 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rd4 49. Bf7 Rd6 50. Ke2 Kh5
51. Rg5+ Kxh4 52. Rxg6 Rd2+ 53. Ke1 f3 54. Rf6 f2+ 55. Kf1
Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.05"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Inna Ivakhinova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ng3 b5 10. e4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. O-O Nd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nb6 15. b3 Ng6 16. Be3 a5
17. Rfb1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 a4 21. f4 exf4
22. Bxf4 Be8 23. Qd4 f6 24. b5 Bg6 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Bd3 f5
27. Bg5 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Nbxd5 30. Qxa4 h6 31. Bd2
Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Rf2 33. Ne4 Rf5 34. Qc4 Rc8 35. Qd3 Qb8 36. h3
Kh8 37. b6 Nxb6 38. Qxd6 Qb7 39. Rxb6 Qxe4 40. Re1 Rc1
41. Rxc1 Rf2 42. Rg1 Nf5 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Rb4 Qd5 45. Be1 Re2
46. Qf4 Re3 47. Kh2 Re2 48. Ra4 Qe6 49. Ra5 Ne3 50. Bf2 Nd5
51. Qf3 Re4 52. Re1 Rxe1 53. Bxe1 Ne3 54. Bg3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.06"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nargiz Umudova"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. g4 a5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a4 bxa4
17. Nxa4 Qc7 18. Rg1 Rh8 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Nb6 Qa7 21. Qf2 Rab8
22. Nc4 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 a4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. b3 Bxc4 26. bxc4
Rxh4 27. Bb5 Nh5 28. Ra7 e5 29. Rg4 Rh1 30. Ke3 Rh2 31. Ra6
Nf4 32. Rxf4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Rxc2 34. Rxd6 Rc3 35. e5 Rh8
36. Ke4 Rh4+ 37. Kd5 Rd3+ 38. Kc6 Rxf3 39. c5 Rb4 40. Rd5 Rc3
41. Kb6 g5 42. c6 g4 43. Rc5 Rxc5 44. Kxc5 Rxb5+ 45. Kxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Khayala Isgandarova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nb8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nd4
Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O
12. Nc3 a5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Kh1 g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Nc3 Rb8
17. f4 Bg4 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. e5 d5 20. f5 f6 21. h3 Nxg3+
22. Qxg3 Bh5 23. exf6 Qd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. g4 Bf7 26. Nd1 Bd4
27. c3 Bxf6 28. Rc1 Rfe8 29. Rc2 c5 30. Rd2 d4 31. cxd4 Bxd4
32. Nc3 Re3 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Be2 d5 35. Bf3 Re5 36. Nd1 Be8
37. Nf2 Bb5 38. Rfd1 a4 39. h4 Bc4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Nh3 Be3
42. Re1 Bxd2 43. Rxe5 Rxb2 44. Kg3 Bf1 45. Re6 Ba5 46. Rf6+
Ke7 47. Re6+ Kd7 48. Bd1 Bc7+ 49. Kf3 Bxh3 50. Bxa4+ Kc8
51. f6 Bf4 52. Re2 Bxg4+ 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kubra Ozturk"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4
Bd7 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 e6 10. Be3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Nf6
12. a3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nb3 Ne5 15. Be2 b6 16. Rac1 Ba4
17. Nd4 O-O 18. f4 Ng6 19. Rc4 b5 20. Rcc1 b4 21. axb4 e5
22. fxe5 Bxb4 23. Nf3 a5 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Rhd1 Bg4 26. Bd5 Rac8
27. h3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxe5 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. f4 Ng6 31. Kf3 Rfe8
32. Bd4 Rbc8 33. Bc4 h5 34. b3 Rcd8 35. e5 Nh4+ 36. Ke4 g6
37. Bb6 Rb8 38. Bc7 Rbc8 39. Rd7 Rf8 40. e6 Nf5 41. exf7+ Kh7
42. Rcd1 a4 43. Ba6 Ra8 44. Bb7 Ra7 45. Bb6 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 axb3
47. Ke5 b2 48. Bf2 Ba3 49. Rd3 Be7 50. Ke6 Kg7 51. Bd4+ Nxd4+
52. Rxd4 Bf6 53. Rd1 h4 54. f5 g5 55. Rg1 Bd8 56. Rb8 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b3 b5
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rb8 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nxd4 Ne5
17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qd2 e5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qe1 e4
22. Qc3 f6 23. Nd4 Rbc8 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Qa5 Bc5 26. Rxd8 Qxd8
27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Bh3 Rc7 30. Bd4 Bd6 31. Rxc7
Bxc7 32. Bc5 Kf7 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Ne7 35. Kf1 Nd5
36. Ke1 g6 37. Kd2 f5 38. Be5 Ke6 39. Bb2 a5 40. Bf1 e3+
41. fxe3 Ne7 42. e4 Bxe4 43. e3 Bc6 44. Bc3 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4
46. Kc2 Nd5 47. Bc4 Kd6 48. Bd4 Nc7 49. Kb2 Nb5 50. Bg7 Kc5
51. Bg8 Bd5 52. Bxh7 a3+ 53. Ka1 Bf7 54. h4 Nd6 55. Bf8 Kd5
56. Bxd6 Kxd6 57. h5 gxh5 58. Bxf5 Ke5 59. Bc2 Bd5 60. Bd1 Bf7
61. Bf3 Bg6 62. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatjana Molchanova"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Bxh5 11. Ng5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Bb4 13. Qg4 Qe7 14. Nf3 f5 15. Qg3 c5 16. Kf1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Rg1 Kf8 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Be3 Re8 21. Ng5 Qh5
22. Ne4 Re7 23. Nd6 cxd4 24. Bg5 Ndxe5 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. cxd4
Nf3 27. Nxb7 Nxg1 28. Qxg7+ Qf7 29. Qxh8 Qg6 30. h5 Qg4 31. h6
Nf3 32. Qg7+ Qxg7 33. hxg7 Kf7 34. c3 Kxg7 35. Ke2 Ng5 36. f3
Kf6 37. Nc5 f4 38. Rb1 Na5 39. Nd7+ Ke7 40. Ne5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gulnar Mammadova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 f6 11. exf6 exf6
12. Be3 f5 13. g5 Nf7 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. h4 Qb4 16. Ne2 Qxb2
17. O-O b6 18. a3 Qb5 19. Ra2 c4 20. Nf4 c5 21. h5 Qc6 22. Nh4
Nxg5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nfxg6 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Qxg6+ 26. Ng5 c3
27. Qc1 Bb7 28. f3 Rae8 29. Kg2 Bd5 30. Ra1 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 f4
32. Qe7 Re8 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Ne4 Bxe4 35. dxe4 Qg6+ 36. Kf2
Bd4+ 37. Ke2 c4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.13"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Cristina-Adela Foisor"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7
12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 a5 14. O-O a4 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Rab1 Rfb8
17. Rfd1 Ra5 18. Qc2 Rb4 19. a3 Rb3 20. Rd3 h5 21. Rbd1 Nc5
22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. e5 Rxc4 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kh1 d5 26. f5 g5
27. Bxh5 Qb8 28. R1d2 Kg7 29. Re3 Qf4 30. Re1 Rxb2 31. Qxb2
Bxc3 32. f6+ Qxf6 33. Qa2 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Re4 35. Rc1 Rc4
36. Rd1 e5 37. Kg1 Qf4 38. Qb2 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rf4 40. h3 d4
41. Qc2 Qxa3 42. Qxc6 Qb3 43. Qe8 Qe6 44. Qxe6 fxe6 45. Kg1
Rf8 46. Ra1 e4 47. Rxa4 Rd8 48. Ra6 Kf6 49. Bg4 Ke5 50. Rxe6+
Kf4 51. Bh5 Ra8 52. Rxe4+ Kxe4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zuzana Borosova"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nb8 4. Bf1 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. a4 Bb7 11. d3 d6 12. Nbd2
Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nhf5 dxe4
18. Bxh6 Bf8 19. Bg5 exd3 20. Nh5 dxc2 21. Qxc2 e4 22. Qc3 Nd5
23. Qg3 Qb8 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. Nhxg7 Nxf4 26. Nxe8+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sopio Gvetadze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Bh5
7. c4 d4 8. Na3 Bd6 9. Nc2 Ne7 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 f6 12. a3 O-O
13. e3 dxe3 14. Nxe3 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne6 17. Qb3 Bc7
18. Bb2 Qd7 19. h4 Kh8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rbd1 Bb6 22. c5 Bc7
23. Rd2 Nd5 24. Nh2 Bf7 25. Nc4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nf3 Nc3
28. Rc2 Rfe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qb2 Bg6 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6
Qxd6 33. Nxd4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Na4 35. Qa3 Qxd4 36. Qxa4 Qxd3
37. Rb2 Qd4 38. Ra2 Re8 39. b5 Qxa4 40. Rxa4 cxb5 41. Rb4 Bd3
42. Bxb7 Rb8 43. Bd5 Rd8 44. Bc6 g6 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Be4 Bc4
47. Bf3 f5 48. Rb1 Rb8 49. Rb4 Kf6 50. Bd1 Ke5 51. Kf3 Kd4
52. Kf4 Kc3 53. Rb1 b4 54. Kg5 Bd3 55. Ra1 Rb7 56. Ra8 b3
57. Rc8+ Kd2 58. Bxb3 Rxb3 59. Rc7 Ke2 60. f4 Be4 61. Rxh7
Rxg3+ 62. Kf6 Kf3 63. Ke5 Rg4 64. h5 gxh5 65. Rxh5 Rxf4
66. Rh3+ Kg4 67. Rh8 Rf1 68. Rg8+ Kf3 69. Rb8 Rd1 70. Rh8 Rd5+
71. Kf6 Ra5 72. Kg5 f4+ 73. Kh4 Ke3 74. Rb8 f3 75. Rb3+ Bd3
0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 dxe5 15. fxe5 O-O 16. Bd3 Nb4
17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Qh4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Kh8 20. Re1 Bxg2 21. Rd7
Qxd7 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Re3 Rfd8 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7
26. Qh4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Bb6 9. Re1 f6 10. b4 Be6 11. a4 a5 12. b5
Nce7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nbd2 Rad8
17. Rad1 Nc8 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. c4 c5 21. bxc6 Nxc6
22. d4 Nb4 23. Qb1 e4 24. Nxe4 Bxc4 25. Nxd6 Bxb3 26. Qxb3
Qxd6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Nd2 Rc6 29. Rc4 Re8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nc4
Qd5 32. Nd2 Qc6 33. Nc4 b6 34. Na3 h6 35. Nb5 Kh7 36. Qb1+ g6
37. Rc1 Qe6 38. Rc7+ Re7 39. Rxe7+ Qxe7 40. e4 Qe6 41. d5 Qf7
42. Qf1 f5 43. d6 Na6 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Qe2 Nc5 46. Qe7 Kg6
47. Nc7 Qc4 48. Qe8+ Kf6 49. Qe7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kf6 51. Qe7+
Kg6 52. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Ne5
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. c3 a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Na3 Qd6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Ne5 Bb7
17. Nd3 Rab8 18. Re1 Bc8 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Ne5 Rb6 21. g3 Qe6
22. Qd1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. c4 Nf6 25. b3 Ng4 26. Re1 Qf5
27. Re4 h5 28. Bb2 a5 29. Rf4 Qd7 30. c5 Rb8 31. d5 cxd5
32. Bxd5 Nh6 33. Qf3 e5 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Re1 c6 36. Rxe5 cxd5
37. Rxf7+ Nxf7 38. Re7+ d4 39. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. g4 b5
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. h4 d5
17. h5 dxe4 18. g6 Nc5 19. h6 fxg6 20. hxg7 Rf5 21. Bh3 Qc7
22. Kb1 exf3 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Be5 f2 26. Rh2 Ne4
27. Qh6 Ng5 28. Nxf5 Qc5 29. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Be2 h5 11. f4 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhf1 Rdg8 14. g3 Kb8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. f5
Rc8 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rc5
21. Bd3 Kc7 22. Rf4 Re5 23. c3 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Kc2 exf5
26. Rdf2 Bc5 27. R2f3 Bd6 28. Rh4 f4 29. gxf4 Rg8 30. Rg3 Re8
31. Rg7 Re7 32. f5 Rd7 33. Rh3 Bxh2 34. Rh7 Bf4 35. R7xh5 Re7
36. R5h4 Bd6 37. Rh7 Bf4 38. Rf3 Bg5 39. b4 b6 40. a4 a5
41. Bc4 Rd2+ 42. Kb3 axb4 43. cxb4 Kd6 44. Rxf7 Rxf7 45. Bxf7
Rd4 46. Bc4 Re4 47. Rd3+ Kc7 48. Rd1 Re3+ 49. Bd3 Bf4 50. Kc4
Kb7 51. Rh1 Re7 52. Rh8 Bd2 53. Rf8 Bg5 54. Rd8 Bf4 55. Rd4
Be5 56. Rg4 Rd7 57. Be4+ Kc7 58. Bd5 Bd6 59. Be6 Rh7 60. Kb5
Kb7 61. Bd5+ Ka7 62. Rg8 Bb8 63. Rf8 Rd7 64. Be6 Re7 65. Rxf6
Be5 66. Rf8 Kb7 67. a5 bxa5 68. bxa5 Bg7 69. Rg8 Bd4 70. a6+
Kc7 71. Rc8+ Kd6 72. Rd8+ Ke5 73. Rxd4 Kxd4 74. Kb6 Ke5 75. a7
Re8 76. Bc8 Ke4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d3 Nh6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Ne4 Nd4
12. c3 Ne6 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Rad1 Qc7
17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rd8 19. Qe3 Ng7 20. Qf4 Nf5 21. Bg5 f6
22. exf6 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 exf6 24. Nc3 Kf7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5
Bb7 27. Nc7 Rac8 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nbd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 f5 31. Ne6
Rxd1 32. Ng5+ Kg8 33. Rxd1 h6 34. Ne6 g5 35. Be3 f4 36. Bxb6
Bd5 37. Nc5 Bxa2 38. b4 Bc4 39. Ba5 Re8 40. h3 Bc3 41. Rc1
Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxe1 43. Ne4 Kg7 44. g3 Kg6 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. f3
Bd5 47. Kg2 Kf5 48. Nc5 Bc4 49. Ne4 Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd5 51. Nd7
Bb5 52. Nf6+ Kc4 53. Ne4 Bc6 54. Bc7 Bxe4 55. fxe4 Bxb4
56. Bxf4 h5 57. Bc7 a5 58. Bxa5 Bxa5 59. e5 Kd5 60. Kg3 Be1+
61. Kg2 Kxe5 62. h4 Kf4 63. Kh2 Kf3 64. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Re1 h6 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. Nf1 Ng5 16. Bg4 Bxg4
17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. f3 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ne6 21. Rd2 Kh7
22. Bf2 g6 23. h4 Rfe8 24. Ra4 Nd7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Nfe3 Ndc5
27. Ra2 Nd4 28. b4 Nce6 29. c3 Nb5 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. g3 h5
32. Be1 Rc6 33. Kf1 Rc8 34. Rg2 Rh8 35. f4 Na3 36. f5 Nf8
37. f6+ Bxf6 38. Nb6 Ne6 39. c4 Nxc4 40. Nexc4 Rc6 41. Rxd6
Nd4 42. Rd7 g5 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qg3 g6 12. Rae1
h5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4
17. Qf4 Rh7 18. Rd1 g5 19. Qg3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bd4 Qa5
22. Qd3 Rh6 23. Qe3 Qb4 24. b3 Be7 25. a4 Rh4 26. g3 Rh7
27. Nd1 Qa5 28. c4 Bf3 29. Bb6 Qb4 30. Nf2 Qa3 31. Qd3 Rh8
32. Bd4 Kf8 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. Ra1 Qb4 35. a5 Bc6 36. Nxg4 Rd8
37. Nf6 Bxf6 38. exf6+ Kg6 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Kh7 41. Qe5
Rg8+ 42. Kf1 Rg2 43. Qe3 Qd2 44. Qxd2 Rxd2 45. Be3 Rd3 46. Ke2
Rxb3 47. Rg1 Rb2+ 48. Bd2 Kh8 49. Rg7 Be8 50. h5 Rb1 51. h6
Rh1 52. Bf4 Rh5 53. Ke3 Rh4 54. c5 Rh5 55. Bg5 Bc6 56. Kf4 Be8
57. Ke5 Rh1 58. Kd6 Rd1+ 59. Ke7 Bc6 60. Kxf7 e5 61. Ke6 e4
62. f7 Bd5+ 63. Ke7 Bxf7 64. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7
12. Re1 Rfc8 13. Be3 h6 14. Qd2 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4
17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rec1 Qb7 19. b3 Be6 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. Ra2 Bb6
22. Bd2 Bc5 23. h3 Bb4 24. Rd1 Bc5 25. Be1 Re8 26. Ne2 a5
27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Na4 Bd4 29. Bc3 Bb5 30. Qd2 Nxe4 31. Bxd4 exd4
32. Qxd4 Bc6 33. Nb6 Ra6 34. Nc4 Qb4 35. Nxd6 Qxd4 36. Rxd4
Nc3 37. Nxe8 Nxa2 38. Rd6 Bb5 39. Rd8 Bxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kh7
41. Be4+ g6 42. Re7 Kg7 43. Bd3 Ra8 44. Bc4 Kf6 45. Rxf7+ Ke5
46. f4+ Kd4 47. Bd3 Nb4 48. Bxg6 Rc8 49. Re7 Rc6 50. Be4 Rc5
51. c4 Na2 52. f5 Nc3 53. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoja Severiukhina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. axb5 Nxb3
12. cxb3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxb5 d5 15. exd5 Bb4 16. Bd2
Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Nf3 Qxb5
21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qf4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Qd8 24. h4 g6 25. Ne5 Kg7
26. Qd4 f6 27. Nc4 c5 28. Qe4 Nb4 29. Ne3 Nxd3 30. Qb7+ Kh8
31. Ng4 f5 32. Nh6 Qxh4 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Qd7+
Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg6
40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7
17. h3 Rfd8 18. Bf4 a5 19. g4 d2 20. Bxd2 Bxb1 21. Qxb1 axb4
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qe4 Qd5 26. Qxd5
Nxd5 27. Rc1 b4 28. Nd4 h5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 hxg4 31. hxg4
Re8 32. Rc6 Re7 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Nc5 g6 35. b3 Re5 36. Nd3 Re4
37. g5 Re6 38. Rc4 Rb6 39. Re4 Re6 40. Rd4 Rd6 41. Nxb4 Nxb4
42. Rxb4 Ke6 43. Rf4 Ke5 44. Rf7 Rb6 45. Rxc7 Rxb3 46. Rf7 Rb4
47. Rf6 Rg4 48. Rxg6 Kf5 49. Rg8 Rxg5 50. Rxg5+ Kxg5 51. Kg2
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nazi Paikidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5
7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Qxf6
12. Qd5 Re8+ 13. Kf2 c2 14. Ra2 Bb7 15. Qxb7 Qd4+ 16. Kg3 Qe5+
17. Kh3 Qh5+ 18. Kg3 Qe5+ 19. Kh3 Qh5+ 20. Kg3 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Baira Kovanova"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qc8 12. Bg5
Re8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3 Nd7 16. Nc2 a5 17. b4 a4
18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Rec1 Ra7 21. Qd1 Nb6 22. c4 bxc4
23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Qb5 25. Qc2 Bd8 26. Nd2 Rf8 27. Nb1 f5
28. Qe2 fxe4 29. Nc3 Qb6 30. Nxe4 Be7 31. Ra3 c6 32. Qd2 cxd5
33. Qxd5+ Kg7 34. b5 Rb7 35. Raxa4 Bh4 36. Ra6 Bxf2+ 37. Kh2
Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Qxb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Kxg1 d5
42. Nf6 e4 43. h4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ekaterina Timofeeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2
Nc6 7. O-O Rc8 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d4 b5 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Qd1 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nd5 15. a3 Bxa4 16. axb4 Qb6
17. Bxd5 Rd8 18. Rxa4 Rxd5 19. Bb2 Bxb4 20. Qa1 Bc5 21. Ra6
Qb7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kf7 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Re8
26. Qc3 Qd5 27. Bxg7 Rxe2 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Bh6 Bd4 30. Qf4 a5
31. h4 Bc5 32. Qg4 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qd1+ 34. Rf1 Rg2+ 35. Kxg2
Qxg4 36. Rf3 Qe4 37. Bf4 Ke7 38. g4 Ke6 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3
Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Kd5 42. Re3 Kd4 43. h5 Qf1 44. g5 Qg1+ 45. Kh3
Qd1 46. Kh4 Qb1 47. Kg4 Qc2 48. Kg3 Kc5 49. Kg4 Qd1+ 50. Kh4
Qg1 51. Re5+ Kb4 52. Re3 Qg2 53. Bd6+ Kb5 54. Bf4 Kc5 55. Re5+
Kd4 56. Re3 Kd5 57. Re5+ Kc6 58. Re6+ Kd7 59. Re3 Qd5 60. Kg4
Qd4 61. Kg3 Qd5 62. Kg4 Qf7 63. Rd3+ Ke8 64. Re3+ Kf8 65. Be5
Qd7+ 66. Kg3 Kf7 67. Bf4 Qd1 68. Kh4 Qf1 69. Kg4 Qh1 70. Rf3
Qd1 71. Kg3 Qg1+ 72. Kh3 Ke6 73. Bg3 Qd1 74. Re3+ Kf7 75. g6+
hxg6 76. hxg6+ Kxg6 77. Re6+ Kf7 78. Re5 Kg6 79. Re6+ Kf7
80. Re5 Qd7+ 81. Kg2 Kf6 82. Kh2 Qd1 83. Kh3 Kf7 84. Kh2 Qa1
85. Kh3 Qa2 86. Re3 Kg6 87. Kg4 Kf7 88. Kh3 Qb2 89. Re5 Qc3
90. Kh2 Kf6 91. Rd5 Ke6 92. Rd6+ Kf5 93. Rb6 Kg4 94. Rg6+ Kf3
95. Kh3 Qc8+ 96. Kh4 Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gulnar Mammadova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. g4 d5
7. Bg2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nf6 11. e5
Nxg4 12. Ke1 Bd7 13. h3 Nh6 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Ne4 b6 16. Nf6+
Ke7 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Be4 Na5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Re1
Nc4 22. Be3 h6 23. a5 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 b5 25. Red1 Ke6 26. h4 a6
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rg1 b4 29. cxb4 c4 30. h5 g5 31. fxg5 Kxe5
32. c3 hxg5 33. Nh7 f6 34. Nxg5 fxg5 35. Rxg5 Rd3+ 36. Ke2
Bf3+ 37. Kf2 Kf4 38. Rg6 Rd2+ 39. Ke1 Ke3 40. Re6+ Be4 0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6
Re8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 c5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4
Bf5 17. c3 Rad8 18. Re3 Qf8 19. Qg5 Qe7 20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Qg5
Qe7 22. Qh6 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7
7. d5 Nb8 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 a5
12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. b3 f5 15. a3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. b4 Qf5 19. Ng5 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. f3 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Kf7 23. c5 axb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25. b5 Kd7 26. c6+ bxc6
27. bxc6+ Ke7 28. Rab1 Ra4 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. g3 Bf6 31. Bb6 Kd8
32. Rf1 Be7 33. Rf7 Ke8 34. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 g6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Nc4
O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bf1
Bg7 18. Bc4 Kh7 19. Nh4 Bc6 20. a4 Qb7 21. f3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 a6
23. b3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be2 Bd7 26. Qd3 Be6 27. Qxb5 Qxb5
28. Bxb5 Bxb3 29. Rd7 Nc8 30. c4 h5 31. Rd3 Ba2 32. Rd2 Bh6
33. Nhg2 h4 34. gxh4 Bb1 35. Rd1 Ba2 36. Ra1 Bb3 37. Ra3 Bxc4
38. Nxc4 Bg7 39. Ra8 Rd8 40. Nge3 Bf6 41. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb6 Qb8
12. Bf3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c4 O-O 15. Be3 a5 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bd4 Bd6 20. g3 Be5 21. Re1 Re6
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd4 Re6 24. Rac1 h6 25. Red1 Ree8 26. Qd2 a4
27. Qd4 Qb5 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rb8 30. Qd4 Qxb2 31. Qxa4
Rd8 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. Kf1 d4 36. Ke2
Nd7 37. Bd5 Ne5 38. Rd1 d3+ 39. Kd2 Rb5 40. Bc4 Nxc4+ 41. bxc4
Rb2+ 42. Kxd3 Rxf2 43. c5 Kf8 44. Re1 Ra2 45. c6 Ra6 46. Rc1
Ra8 47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Kc5 Kd8 49. Rd1+ Kc8 50. Rd7 Ra5+ 51. Kb6
Ra2 52. Rxf7 Rb2+ 53. Kc5 Rxh2 54. Rxg7 h5 55. Kd6 Rd2+
56. Ke5 Rc2 57. c7 Rc4 58. Kf5 h4 59. g4 Rxc7 60. Rg8+ Kd7
61. Rh8 Rc5+ 62. Kf6 Rc6+ 63. Kf7 Rc3 64. g5 Rf3+ 65. Kg7 h3
66. g6 Ke7 67. Rh4 Rg3 68. Re4+ Kd6 69. Kh7 h2 70. Rh4 Rg2
71. g7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. e4 Nxe5 16. exd5
Rad8 17. Re1 Qf6 18. f4 Nd3 19. Ne4 Qd4+ 20. Nf2 exd5 21. Rad1
Qc5 22. Re3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 d4 24. Re5 Qc3 25. Re7 Rfe8 26. Qxd4
Qc8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qd5 h6 29. f5 Qc2 30. Bf3 Bc8 31. Qc6
Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Rf8 33. Rd5 g6 34. f6 Bf5 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rd6 g5
37. Ke3 Kh7 38. Kd4 Kg6 39. Ke5 a5 40. a3 g4 41. b4 axb4
42. axb4 h5 43. b5 Kg5 44. Rd2 Be6 45. Rd4 h4 46. gxh4+ Kxh4
47. Kf4 Rh8 48. Rd2 Rh5 49. Be4 Rxb5 50. Rd8 Rh5 51. Re8 Kh3
52. Rd8 Kxh2 53. Rd2+ Kg1 54. Rb2 b5 55. Bg2 Rc5 56. Be4 Bd7
57. Bd3 Rc3 58. Rd2 Bc6 59. Kg3 Bf3 60. Kf4 b4 61. Ke3 b3
62. Rb2 g3 63. Kd4 Rc6 64. Rb1+ Kh2 65. Rxb3 g2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6
7. Be3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 h4 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O Bf8
12. Ne2 Be7 13. b3 a5 14. c4 Kf8 15. Bf2 Na6 16. Nc3 Nf5
17. c5 Nb8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Kg7 20. a3 Qc7 21. Kh2 Ra7
22. Rc2 Rha8 23. Qe2 Rh8 24. Rc3 Qd8 25. Ra2 Qc7 26. Rc1 Qd8
27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 b5 29. Nc3 Qc7 30. Rca1 Rha8 31. Bxf5
Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Qxa2 exf5 34. Qa8 Nf8 35. Nxd5 cxd5
36. Qxd5 Qa7 37. Qb3 Ne6 38. Be3 g5 39. fxg5 Qa1 40. Qd3 f4
41. Bf2 Bxg5 42. d5 f3 43. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 44. Kh1 Nf4 45. d6 Ne2
46. Qa3 Ng3+ 47. Kg1 Ne2+ 48. Kh1 Ng3+ 49. Kg1 Qe2 50. Qa1+
Bf6 51. Bd4 Bxd4+ 52. Qxd4+ f6 53. Qa1 Qe3+ 54. Kh2 Qf4
55. Kg1 Ne2+ 56. Kh1 Ng3+ 57. Kg1 Qxb4 58. Kh2 Qxc5 59. Qd1
Qc8 60. d7 Qd8 61. Qg4+ Kf7 62. Qxh4 Qxd7 63. Qxg3 Qd5
64. Qc7+ Kg6 65. Qc2+ Qf5 66. Qd2 Qe4 67. Qd8 Qe5+ 68. Kh1
Qe1+ 69. Kh2 Qe5+ 70. Kh1 Qe1+ 71. Kh2 Qe6 72. Qd3+ Qf5
73. Qd8 Qf4+ 74. Kh1 Qc1+ 75. Kh2 Qc4 76. Qe8+ Kg7 77. Qd7+
Kh6 78. Qd6 Kg6 79. Qg3+ Kf7 80. h4 Qd5 81. Qc7+ Kg6 82. Qc2+
Kh6 83. Qc8 Qe5+ 84. Kh3 Kg7 85. Qg4+ Kh6 86. Qc8 Kg7 87. Qg4+
Kh6 88. Qc8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Rg6 11. Qe3 Qa5
12. Bd2 e5 13. Ng3 Qa4 14. f3 exf3 15. gxf3 Qh4 16. Qf2 Be6
17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Nf5 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 O-O-O 20. Nd6+ Kc7 21. Rhg1
Nd7 22. Be3 h5 23. Rab1 b6 24. Nb5+ Kb8 25. Be4 Kb7 26. Rgd1
Bh3 27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Rd6+ Kb7 29. c6+ Ka6 30. Nc7+ Ka5
31. cxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Rg2+ 33. Ke1 Bxd7 34. Rb4 Rxh2 35. Bd2
b5 36. c4 Kb6 37. Nxb5 Rh1+ 38. Ke2 Rh2+ 39. Kd3 Bf5+ 40. Kc3
a5 41. Rb1 Kc6 42. Na7+ Kc7 43. c5 Rf2 44. c6 Rxf3+ 45. Kc4
Kd6 46. Bxa5 Be6+ 47. Kb5 h4 48. Rd1+ Ke7 49. Bb4+ Kf6 50. c7
h3 51. c8=Q Bxc8 52. Nxc8 h2 53. Nd6 Kg5 54. Rh1 Rh3 55. Nxf7+
Kf5 56. Bd6 Rh7 57. Nxe5 Ke6 58. Nc4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tan Zhongyi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5
12. d5 Nd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qg6+ Kd7 16. Nd4 Qe8
17. Qc2 Qf7 18. dxe6+ Nxe6 19. Qa4+ Kc8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. c5
bxc5 22. O-O h5 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4 Kd7 25. Kh2 Rag8 26. f3
Qxe3 27. Rae1 Qg5 28. Qh3+ Kc6 29. Bh4 Qf4+ 30. Bg3 Qc4
31. Bh4 Bc8 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. a4 O-O
12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. b4 exd4 15. cxd4 cxb4 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 g5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Qe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4
22. Ne4 b3 23. Bb1 Nxe5 24. Qh5 f5 25. Re3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Rac8
27. Rg3 Qh7 28. Qf4 fxe4 29. Qd2 Nac4 30. Qd5+ Rf7 31. Bxe4
Qh5 32. Bf6 Kh8 33. Bg6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. exd4 Bd6 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Re8
17. Ba3 a5 18. Rfe1 f5 19. f3 h6 20. Nh3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Bxa3
22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. fxe4 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxe4 25. d5 b5 26. Bxb5
Qb6+ 27. Nf2 Qxb5 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. d6 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 e3 31. Qd3
Rd8 32. d7 Qe6 33. Rf1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 h6 12. Ba2
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Bb3
Re6 18. d4 Bb7 19. Ng3 bxa4 20. Bxa4 e4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne5
Qe8 23. Qb3 Nb6 24. Ra5 Rd8 25. Bc1 f6 26. Ng4 Bd5 27. Qc2 Nc4
28. Ra1 h5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bc4 31. Qf2 Rd5 32. Ne2 g5
33. Bd2 Bd6 34. Ra5 Rxa5 35. bxa5 h4 36. d5 Re5 37. Qxf6 Qe7
38. Qg6+ Qg7 39. Qh5 Rxd5 40. Qe8+ Bf8 41. Qxe4 Ba2 42. Nd4 c5
43. Qc2 Bc4 44. e4 Rd7 45. Nf5 Qg6 46. Be3 Bd3 47. Qd2 Qf7
48. Bf2 Qf6 49. h3 Bb5 50. Qc2 Qe6 51. Qc1 Qg6 52. Rd1 g4
53. Rxd7 Bxd7 54. Nxh4 Qxe4 55. Qg5+ Bg7 56. hxg4 Bxg4
57. Qxc5 Be5 58. Nf3 Bxf3 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qd7+ Kg6 61. Qe8+
Kg7 62. Qd7+ Kg6 63. gxf3 Qxf3 64. Qe6+ Qf6 65. Qg8+ Kf5
66. c4 Qd6 67. Qf7+ Ke4 68. Kg2 Kd3 69. c5 Qc6+ 70. Qf3+ Qxf3+
71. Kxf3 Bc7 72. c6 Bxa5 73. Kf4 Bc7+ 74. Kf5 a5 75. Ke6 a4
76. Bc5 Kc4 77. Bd6 Ba5 78. Kd7 Kb3 79. c7 Bxc7 80. Kxc7 a3
81. Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.11"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd3 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qd1 Qg6 11. h4 h5
12. a3 Nbc6 13. Be3 d6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bd3 f5
17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Be4 Ncd4 21. f4 Rc8
22. Bd3 Rc5 23. Kb1 Qf7 24. Rc1 Rdc7 25. Bd8 R7c6 26. Be4 Rc8
27. Bb6 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Nb5 29. c4 Nxa3+ 30. Ka1 Nxc4 31. Qb4
exf4 32. Rb1 Qf6+ 33. Bd4 Qxd4+ 34. c3 Qb6 35. Qa4 Ka7
36. Bxb7 Qa5 37. Qxa5 Nxa5 38. Bxc8 Bxc8 39. Re4 g6 40. Rxf4
Ne3 41. Rf7+ Nb7 42. Rc7 Kb8 43. Rg7 Nxg2 44. Rxg6 Nxh4
45. Rxd6 Bf5 46. Rb4 a5 47. Rb5 Kc7 48. Rh6 Bg6 49. Rg5 Be4
50. Rg7+ Kb8 51. Re7 Bf3 52. Rf7 Bg4 53. Rh8+ Ka7 54. Rhh7 Bf3
55. Rf4 Bg4 56. Rxg4 hxg4 57. Rxh4 Kb6 58. Rxg4 Kb5 59. Kb2
Nc5 60. Ka3 Ne6 61. Rh4 Nc5 62. c4+ Kc6 63. Rh6+ Kd7 64. Kb2
Kc7 65. Kc3 Kb7 66. Kd4 Nb3+ 67. Kd5 a4 68. c5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2
c6 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb4 Qe7 11. Qa4 O-O
12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. e3 Rfc8 15. Nbd2 Qd8 16. Bf1 Bxf1
17. Kxf1 Ne8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc5 20. Nb3 b5 21. Qd4 Rc4
22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. b3 f6
27. exf6 Nxf6 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Kg1 Qd5 30. Qb2 Ng4 31. Qb6 e5
32. Nf5 Qd7 33. Nd6 Rf8 34. Qc5 h6 35. Qxc4+ Kh8 36. Ne4 Qf5
37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Qd5 Rf8 39. Nd6 Nxe3 40. Qc5 Qd3 41. Qxe3 Qxd6
42. Rc1 a4 43. Rc4 Rb8 44. Kg2 Qd5+ 45. Qe4 Qxe4+ 46. Rxe4 Rb3
47. Rxa4 e4 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. a4 Ra3 50. a5 Ra2 51. Kf1 Kg6
52. a6 Kg5 53. h3 h5 54. a7 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Ra4
57. Kd2 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Ra4 59. Kb3 Ra1 60. Kc4 Ra5 61. Kd4 Ra4+
62. Ke5 Kg6 63. Kf4 Kh7 64. Kf5 g6+ 65. Kf6 Ra6+ 66. Ke5 Ra4
67. Ke6 Kg7 68. Kd5 Ra1 69. Kxe4 Re1+ 70. Kd3 Rd1+ 71. Ke2 Ra1
72. f4 Ra3 73. g4 h4 74. f5 Ra2+ 75. Kd3 Ra3+ 76. Kc4 gxf5
77. gxf5 Ra4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6
12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. g4 b5 16. g5 Ne8
17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Ne4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4
Nxd4 22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Bb4 Re8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nxc8
Raxc8 27. Rxa4 Nc6 28. Rc1 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 a5 30. Rb7 Nd5
31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. f5 Nf4 33. Bc4 Kf8 34. b3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nxg5
36. h4 Ne4 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Bxe6 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Nc5 40. Rb8+
Ke7 41. Bg8 Rc3+ 42. Kf4 h6 43. Rb5 Ne6+ 44. Bxe6 Kxe6
45. Rxa5 Rxb3 46. Ra4 Rb5 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. h5 Rg5+ 49. Kh4 Rd5
50. Rf4+ Rf5 51. Ra4 Ke5 52. Ra5+ Ke4 53. Ra4+ Kf3 54. Ra3+
Ke4 55. Ra4+ Ke5 56. Ra5+ Ke4 57. Ra4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. h3
Bf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qe2 c5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. c3 Bb5 11. Qe1 d3
12. Na3 Qd7 13. e5 Be7 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15. Qe4 Rd8 16. c4 Qb6
17. Rxd3 Rxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh6 19. Qe4 O-O 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Rd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qd7 Be7 25. b3 a5 26. g3
h5 27. h4 h6 28. Kg2 Qa6 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qxc7 Bf8 31. Qd7 Kg6
32. Ne1 Qa8 33. Nd3 b5+ 34. f3 bxc4 35. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 Nb4 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. c4 c5 11. a3 Nc6
12. Bd2 h6 13. Bc3 Qe6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. f4 Nd4
17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qa5 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2
c5 22. Bd3 Bb7 23. Kc2 Bc6 24. b3 O-O 25. Re2 Rb6 26. Be4 f5
27. exf6 Bxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Bxf6 29. Nd2 Bd8 30. Rf1 Ra6 31. a4
Raf6 32. g3 g5 33. b4 cxb4 34. Rxd4 gxf4 35. gxf4 R8f7 36. Ne4
Re6 37. f5 Re5 38. Nd6 Rg7 39. Re4 Bf6 40. Rf2 Rge7 41. Rfe2
Kf8 42. h3 h5 43. Rxe5 Rxe5 44. Rxe5 Bxe5 45. Ne4 a5 46. Kb3
Ke7 47. Kc2 Bf4 48. Kb3 d6 49. Kc2 Kf7 50. Kb3 Ke7 51. Kc2 Kf7
52. Kb3 Ke7 53. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 b5
7. O-O Bb7 8. b4 Nf6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Be7 11. Nb3 Nc6
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Na2 Nd7 15. Na5 Nxa5 16. Rxa5 Bf6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Re1 e5 19. Qd2 Ne8 20. c4 Nc7 21. c5 Qc6
22. Nc3 Rfd8 23. Qc2 dxc5 24. bxc5 Rd4 25. Rb1 Rad8 26. Bf1
Bc8 27. Rb6 Qe8 28. h3 h6 29. Qc1 Ne6 30. c6 Nc7 31. Nd5 Na8
32. Rb8 Be6 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. c7 Nxc7 35. Nxc7 Bc4 36. Rc5
Bxf1 37. Nd5 Qh4 38. Qxf1 Qxe4 39. Ne3 Rd6 40. Qa1 Re6
41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Qb2 Qf4 43. Qb8 a5 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qg8 Rd6
46. Qh7+ Kf6 47. Re8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O
7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 Ba5 10. a4 a6 11. g4 Nf8 12. Ng3
Ng6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 Nd7 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Rb1
Ne5 18. Qd1 Ng6 19. Rf2 Qd8 20. Nce2 Bc7 21. Qd2 d5 22. e5 Be6
23. Rbf1 c5 24. c3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rf8 26. Nh5 Qh4 27. Neg3 f6
28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Nh5+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Rxf6 Rae8 32. Rf7
Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Nf8 34. Rxc7 Rg6 35. Rxh7+ Nxh7 36. Qxg6 Rg8
37. Qf7 Qg5 38. Qxd5 Nf8 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qd6 Nh7 41. e6 Qe3
42. d5 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Qf4 Qxf4+ 45. Nxf4 Kg7 46. Nh5+
Kh6 47. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5
7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Rh3 h6
12. Nge2 Rd8 13. Qf4 Nd7 14. Rg3 Rg8 15. Re3 Rb8 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Rxd4 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg3 Qc5 20. Qg4 b5 21. b4 Qc6
22. Qh5 a5 23. Nxd5+ exd5 24. e6 Rg6 25. exd7+ Kxd7 26. Bd3
Rg7 27. Qh8 Qf6 28. Rxd5+ Kc6 29. Rc5+ Kd6 30. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.21"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Rd8 13. e4 a6 14. h3 Ra7 15. Qe3 Ba8 16. Qe2 Rad7
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Rad1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. b4 Ne8
22. R4d2 Rc8 23. Bf1 Rb7 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Ne2 Nb6
27. Rc2 Nc4 28. Qc1 Rbc7 29. Qa1 Nxb2 30. Qxb2 Qb7 31. Qd4 f5
32. Rdc1 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Qxc7
36. Qxe4 Qc4 37. Nd4 Kf7 38. Qf3+ Bf6 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40. Qe4+
Kf7 41. Qb7+ Kg6 42. Qe4+ Kf7 43. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.22"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Betul Cemre Yildiz"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 d5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. e5
Bxf3 13. gxf3 g5 14. Bg3 Qd7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 Qh3 17. f4 a5
18. Qd3 Rb8 19. b3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. O-O-O Kd7 22. f5 Rhf8
23. Qf3 Bg7 24. Ng1 Rxf5 25. Qe2 Qg2 26. Bxf5+ Nxf5 27. Nf3
Nfxd4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Qg4+ Kc6 30. Rhe1 Nxb3+ 31. Kb1 Bf8
32. Re6+ Bd6 33. Qe2 Qh3 34. Bxd6 Qf5+ 35. Kb2 cxd6 36. Qa6+
Kc5 37. Qxd6+ Kc4 38. Re2 Rf8 39. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Russia - China (Women)"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.02"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8
12. a5 Rc8 13. h3 Bd8 14. Nd2 Rc5 15. Na4 Rc6 16. Nc3 Rc5
17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nc3 b6 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Nf1 Nc4 21. Na4 Nb6
22. b3 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Bb6 24. Ne3 a5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Ra7
27. Bg5 Bd8 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Bd5 Qb6 30. Re3 Rac7 31. c4 Rb8
32. Rd3 h6 33. Be4 Be7 34. Qh5 Bf6 35. h4 Ra7 36. g4 Qd8
37. Rh3 Kf8 38. Bd5 e4 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. Rxa5 Rc7
42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7 Qg8 44. Rh7 Qxg7 45. Rxg7 Kf6 46. Rh7
Rxb3 47. Bxe4 Rxc4 48. Rxf7+ Kxf7 49. Bd5+ Kf6 50. Bxc4 Rb2
51. Kf1 Bh4 52. Be2 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Rb2 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia - China (Women)"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Ne4 c5 15. Bg5 Nb4 16. Qc1 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. a3 Nd5 20. Rd2 h6 21. Qh4 Qc7
22. a4 Qxe5 23. Bf3 b4 24. Rc1 Nf6 25. Rdc2 b3 26. Rc3 Rd4
27. Qh3 c4 28. Qf1 Rd2 29. Rxc4 Qxb2 30. Kg2 Qa3 31. R1c3 Nd5
32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rc8 Qxa4 34. Qc1 Rxe2 35. Rf3 Rc2 36. Rxc2
bxc2 37. Rc3 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 d4 39. Rxc2 d3 40. Rc7 Rd8 41. Qd2
Qe2 42. Qf4 Qa2 43. Qh4 Qd5 44. Rc5 d2 0-1

[Event "Russia - China (Women)"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shen Yang"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a4 Qe7
12. Na3 Bb7 13. b4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. e3 Rfd8 16. Qb2 Ne4
17. Nd2 Nd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nab1 Rac8 20. Nc3 cxd4 21. exd4
Nf6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Re5 Nc4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. d5 Re8 26. Qe2
Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Qd8 28. Re1 Kf8 29. h3 Rc5 30. g4 h6 31. f4 Ne8
32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 Nd6 34. h4 Rc7 35. h5 Re7 36. Qxe7+ Qxe7
37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Kf2 Bc8 39. Ne4 Bg4 40. h6 gxh6 41. gxh6 Bf5
42. Ke3 Bxe4 43. Bxe4 Kf8 44. Kf4 f6 45. Bc2 Kg8 46. Kg4 Kf8
47. Kh5 Kf7 48. Bg6+ Kf8 49. Bb1 Kf7 50. Bc2 c3 51. Kg4 Nc4
52. Kh5 Nd6 53. Bd3 Nc8 54. Bf5 Kf8 55. Bd3 Kf7 56. Kg4 Nd6
57. Kf4 Ke7 58. h7 Nf7 59. Kf5 Nh8 60. d6+ Kf7 61. d7 Ke7
62. d8=Q+ Kxd8 63. Kxf6 Ke8 64. Kg7 Nf7 65. Bg6 Ke7 66. Bxf7
c2 67. h8=Q c1=Q 68. Qe8+ Kd6 69. Qe6+ Kc5 70. Qc6+ Kb4
71. Qxc1 1-0

[Event "Russia - China (Women)"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ding Yixin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Re8
12. a5 Qc7 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Qd2 h6 15. Rec1 Bc4 16. h3 Rac8
17. Qd1 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bf5 Rb8
22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Bc5 Qxd5 24. Bxf8 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kxf8 26. Nc5
g6 27. Bd7 Red8 28. Ba4 Rdb8 29. b3 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rd6
b6 32. Rxf6 bxc5 33. Rc6 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. a6 Ra8 36. a7
Ke7 37. Ra6 Kd7 38. g4 Kc8 39. Kg2 Kb7 40. Rf6 Rf8 41. Kf3
Kxa7 42. Ke4 Rd8 43. Rxf7+ Kb6 44. Rf6+ Ka5 45. c3 g5 46. Rc6
c4 47. bxc4 bxc4 48. Rxc4 Kb5 49. Rc7 Rd2 50. Rf7 Kc4 51. Kxe5
Rd3 52. Rc7+ Kb5 53. Kf5 Rxh3 54. Kg6 Rh4 55. f3 Rh3 56. Rc8
Kb6 57. c4 Kb7 58. Rh8 Kc7 59. Rxh6 Rxf3 60. Kxg5 Rc3 61. Re6
Rxc4 62. Kh5 Kd7 63. Re1 Rc2 64. g5 Rg2 65. Kh6 Kd8 66. g6 Kd7
67. g7 Rg3 68. Re5 Rh3+ 69. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Russia - China (Women)"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. h3 c6 10. a4 a5 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. g4
Nc5 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2
Nd7 18. Kh1 Nb6 19. b3 h5 20. g5 g6 21. f4 Bg7 22. e5 d5
23. Ne2 Be6 24. Nd4 Nc8 25. Rf1 Qf8 26. Bf2 Ne7 27. Qc3 Rec8
28. Ne2 Nf5 29. Rfd1 Qd8 30. Qe1 Qc7 31. Qg1 Bf8 32. Kh2 Qe7
33. Nc1 Qe8 34. Nd3 Ng7 35. Qe1 Bf5 36. Bb6 Ne6 37. Be3 Be7
38. Qe2 Qf8 39. c3 Qe8 40. Qf2 Qf8 41. Qe2 Qe8 42. Qf2 Qf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8
12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. Bxd8 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "2,1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Beat Zueger"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e5 5. h3 Bh5 6. e4 dxe4
7. dxe4 Ngf6 8. Qe2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Qb5 Bc5 11. Nh4 O-O-O
12. Nf5 Qf8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Qe2 a6 16. O-O-O Bd4
17. g5 Nfd7 18. Nb1 f6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Na3 Qc5 21. h4 Rhe8
22. f4 Bf7 23. Kb1 Na4 24. Rh3 Ndb6 25. Bc1 f5 26. e5 Nd5
27. Ka1 Nb4 28. Qf2 Nxa2 29. Bd2 N2c3 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Rxe4
fxe4 32. Bxe4 Qb6 33. Bc1 Qe6 34. Rb3 Nc5 35. f5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Ng3 Qc7
12. O-O Nf8 13. Nh5 Rg8 14. a5 b5 15. a6 Bc8 16. Bd3 Rb8
17. b3 Rb6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 c5 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Qe3 Rg6
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Bd3 Rc6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxg6 hxg6
26. Nxf6+ Ke7 27. b4 Rf5 28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Ng8+ Ke8 30. h3 Nh7
31. Qc3 Qf4 32. Rd1 f6 33. Rd4 Qb8 34. Qd2 Nf8 35. Qh6 Kf7
36. Qh8 Rf4 37. Nh6+ Ke8 38. Qg7 1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Markus Klauser"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. g4 b4 16. h4 a5 17. Be3
a4 18. h5 e5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Kh8 21. Qxb4 d5 22. Qb6 Qc8
23. h6 g6 24. Bg5 Nd7 25. Qg1 Bc5 26. Be3 d4 27. Bc1 Rb8
28. Rh2 Ba3 29. b3 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Qc3 31. Qe1 axb3 32. axb3 Qc5
33. Kb2 Ra8 34. Ra1 Nb6 35. Ba6 Ra7 36. Ra5 Qe7 37. Rh1 Rd8
38. Qd2 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Nc4+ 40. bxc4 Qb7+ 41. Kc1 Qxa6 42. Qb4
Qa1+ 43. Qb1 Qa3+ 44. Qb2 Qxf3 45. Re1 Qf4+ 46. Kb1 Qxh6
47. Qb6 Qf8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Kc1 Qa3+ 50. Kd1 Qf3+ 51. Kc1 Ra8
52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Re2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexandre Domont"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4
12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Qf3 Ne5
17. Qxb7 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qd5 19. Qa6 Re6 20. Qc4 Rc6 21. Qa4 Nd7
22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bg3 Nc5 25. Qa5 Qd7 26. Rd1
Nxd3 27. Qd2 Nc5 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Nd3 30. h4 Nxb2
31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Ra6 33. Rxf7 Nd3 34. Bb8 Rxa3 35. Bxa7
Ne5 36. Rb7 Rd3 37. f3 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. h5 g6 40. hxg6+
Kxg6 41. Kf2 h5 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Kh4 Kg6 44. Bd4 Nf8 45. f4 Ne6
46. Be5 Nc5 47. Bd6 Ne4 48. Be7 Nf2 49. f5+ Kxf5 50. Kxh5 Ng4
51. g3 Nh2 52. Bc5 Ng4 53. Bd4 Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julien Carron"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. b3 Na5
12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. b4 Nc6
17. a3 Qc7 18. Qc3 Ne5 19. Nh4 Bc6 20. f4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Ng6
22. Nf3 O-O 23. h4 Rfd8 24. h5 Nf8 25. Kf2 Nd7 26. h6 Nb6
27. g4 Bf8 28. Qxf6 Qe7 29. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Richard Gerber"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Qe1 Nb4
12. Nd4 Bc4 13. Rd1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qa5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nb3 Qh5
17. Rf3 Ng4 18. Rh3 Nxe3 19. Rxh5 Nxd1 20. Nxd1 gxh5 21. c3 e6
22. Ne3 Kh8 23. Qxh5 Ne7 24. Nd2 Rc5 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Ng8
27. Ng4 d5 28. Nf3 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Qh6 Bg7 31. Qd6 Rc6
32. Qxd5 Bf6 33. Ne5 Rc7 34. Qd6 1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rc1 Ra7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Ne4 a5 15. Qxb5 Nxd4 16. Qd3 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Qb8 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Rxc5 e5 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Bg4 Qd6 25. Rcxa5 Rxa5
26. Rxa5 Qb4 27. Bxd7 Qxa5 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Bf5 Rd8 30. Be4
Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kg7
35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Oliver Kurmann"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg5 Qa5
7. Nd2 Be7 8. e4 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Qg4 Kxe7 11. Qg5+ Ke8
12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. bxc3 b4 14. Nb3 Qa3 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. O-O bxc3
17. Qxc3 a5 18. Qd2 a4 19. Nc1 Rb8 20. Bc2 Rg8 21. Qd3 Qb2
22. Rb1 Qg7 23. g3 Rxb1 24. Bxb1 Qd4 25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Rd1 Qc3
27. Qh5 Qe5 28. Qf3 Bxc4 29. Bd3 Nd4 30. Qe3 Qh5 31. Rf1 Nf3+
32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kh1 Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8 10. a4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7
12. Ba3 b6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bc2 Nb3 16. Rab1 Nd5
17. Qe1 Bd7 18. e4 Nf4 19. g3 Ng6 20. h4 h6 21. h5 Nf8 22. Qe3
Nh7 23. e5 Bc6 24. Nh4 Bb7 25. Bd6 Qc6 26. Kh2 Ng5 27. f3 a6
28. Rbe1 b5 29. f4 Nh7 30. f5 exf5 31. Nxf5 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Rc8
12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a5 Qb8 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. Qd3 Rc6
17. Red1 Qc8 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Rdc1 Rc8 20. h3 h6 21. Bd1 Rc4
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Bd4 Qe7 26. Be2 R4c7
27. c3 Nxd5 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Nd4 g6 31. Bxd8 Rdxd8
32. Qxh6 d5 33. Qg5 Re8 34. Nf5 Qe6 35. Ne3 Rcd8 36. Ra4 Nh7
37. Qg3 Nc6 38. Bg4 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Rxe5 40. Be2 f5 41. Nc2 Nf6
42. Nd4 Rc8 43. Nb3 Rc7 44. g3 g5 45. Rd2 f4 46. Bd1 Kg7
47. Nd4 f3 48. Nc2 Ne7 49. Ne3 Nf5 50. Nxf5+ Rxf5 51. Bb3 e3
52. fxe3 Ne4 53. Rf2 Nxg3 54. Bc2 Rf6 55. Rg4 Ne2+ 56. Kf1 Kh6
57. h4 gxh4 58. Rh2 Ng3+ 59. Kf2 Nf5 60. Rf4 Rcf7 61. Bxf5
Rxf5 62. Rhxh4+ Kg5 63. Rhg4+ Kh6 64. Rh4+ Kg7 65. Rhg4+ Kh6
66. Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 c5
12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. cxd5 Nb6 15. Qa5 Nbxd5 16. dxc5
Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. Nb3 Kf8
21. Rac1 Ke7 22. Nd4 Rc7 23. f4 Rac8 24. c6 g6 25. Rc5 Nb6
26. Ra5 Bc4 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Nc2 Bd5 29. Nb4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd2+
31. Kf3 Nfd5 32. Na6 Rc8 33. c7 f6 34. Nc6+ Kd7 35. Nxa7 Rxc7
36. Nxc7 Nxc7 37. Nb5 Nxb5 38. Rxb5 Nd5 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxh7
Rxa2 41. Rh6 Ne7 42. Rd1+ Kc6 43. Rd3 Kc5 44. h4 Kc4 45. Rd7
Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Nd5 48. Rxg6 Kd4 49. Rxf6 Ra6 50. f5
Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Rxe6+ Kxf5 53. Re2 Nf6 54. Rb7 Ra3
55. Rf2+ Ke5 56. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bc2 O-O
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. f3 Be6
17. Re1 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. Nf3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Rf1 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bb6 24. d4 Nf4 25. Rfd1 Nh3+ 26. Kg2
Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Rad8 28. Ke3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Rfd8 30. Rad1 exd4+
31. cxd4 c5 32. dxc5 Rxd3+ 33. Bxd3 Bxc5+ 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Rc1
b6 36. Bc4 Rd4 37. Bd5 f5 38. Bc6 Kf6 39. exf5 Kxf5 40. a3 a5
41. Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lucia Estrada"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8
12. Re1 Bf8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb1 g6 15. Ne4 Bh6 16. a3 f5
17. Ned2 a5 18. Rc2 Nf4 19. Nf1 Ne7 20. Ne3 Ned5 21. Bc1 Nf6
22. Nc4 Bd5 23. Rb2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nce5 Qd5 26. Be3 g5
27. Qd2 Nxg2 28. Bxg5 Nxe1 29. Nxe1 Bg7 30. Bf4 Rad8 31. Qe2
Qxd4 32. Rd2 Qa1 33. Ra2 Qd1 34. Qf1 Qxb3 35. Re2 Qc3 36. Re3
Qa1 37. f3 Bb7 38. Qg2 Rd1 39. Nd3 Qd4 40. Bh6 Kh8 41. Bxg7+
Qxg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ne5 Red8 44. Re2 Ba6 45. Re3 f4
46. Re4 R8d2 47. Ng4 Be2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vanessa Ramos Gazola"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd3 Nge7 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5
Be6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Qe3 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxa2 15. Rxa2 Bxa2 16. b3
O-O 17. Ba3 Qg5 18. g3 Rc8 19. Qb2 Rfd8 20. Bd3 b5 21. h4 Qh6
22. Ke2 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 a5 24. Qxb5 Qe6 25. Rb1 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qf3
27. Kg1 h6 28. Qxe5 Qg4 29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Bb2 f6
32. Qd5+ Qf7 33. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "3.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dulamsuren Yanjindulam"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Be3 Nf8
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 b4 20. c5 N6d7 21. Qb3 Ne6 22. Qxb4 Ndxc5
23. Bc4 a5 24. Qa3 Qe7 25. Red1 h6 26. Rac1 Na6 27. Qc3 Qc7
28. h4 Kh7 29. h5 Rac8 30. Qb3 c5 31. hxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nf5 Bf8
33. Rd7 Nd4 34. Rxc7 Nxb3 35. N3h4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreea Bollengier"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Rc8 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. d3
Bc5 13. d4 Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Qb3 c5
18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 cxd4 20. Rxd4 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5
22. Nxb5 Rc5 23. Nd7 Rxb5 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Ra2 g5 26. h3 Kg7
27. Kf1 h5 28. e3 Kg6 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Rc4 Rb3 31. Kf1 Bg7
32. e4 Nb6 33. Rc2 Rb4 34. f3 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Kg2 Nc4
37. Kf2 gxf3 38. Kxf3 Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Nxb2 40. Ra7 Be5 41. Rc8
Rxg3 42. Rf8 Nc4 43. Raxf7 Re3+ 44. Kd1 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Qe3 Nd6 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. O-O b5 13. Qf4 Bb7 14. e4 Na6 15. e5 Nf5 16. g4 Ne7
17. Ne4 Ng6 18. Qg3 Nb4 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. g5 Kh8 21. h4 h5
22. Nc5 Rb8 23. Nd2 Ndf4 24. Bf1 Qxd4 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Nxc4
Qc5 27. Nxa5 Rb6 28. Rac1 Qxe5 29. Nxc6 Ne2+ 30. Bxe2 Qxe2
31. axb5 Qxb5 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. b4 Qf5 34. Qxf5 exf5 35. Rc4 Re8
36. Rd5 f4 37. b5 Kf8 38. Ra4 Nxh4 39. Rxf4 Ng6 40. Ra4 Ne7
41. Nxe7 Kxe7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Rc5 g6 44. f4 Kd6 45. Rc2 Rxb5
46. Rd2+ Kc6 47. Rxf7 Re6 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Ra2 Kd5 50. Rd7+ Kc6
51. Rda7 Ree3 52. R7a6+ Kd5 53. Rxg6 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 h4 55. Rga6
Ke4 56. R6a4+ Kf5 57. Rf2 Rh3+ 58. Kg1 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rhh1
60. Kf3 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Rbb1 62. Kf3 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rbb1 64. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jolanta Zawadzka"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8
12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. Bd2 Qc6
17. b4 Nh7 18. h4 g6 19. Ra3 Ndf6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qd7
22. c4 Qe7 23. Qb1 h5 24. Qa2 Nd7 25. g3 Kh8 26. Ng2 Bg7
27. Bd1 Nhf8 28. Ba4 Red8 29. Rd3 f5 30. Bg5 Bf6 31. f4 Qg7
32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Rde3 e4 34. Rd1 Qg7 35. Re2 Qc3 36. c5 Qxb4
37. cxd6 Qxa5 38. Qb2+ Kg8 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. Ne3 Qc5 41. Ree1
Qxd6 42. Qe5 Rcd8 43. Kg2 Re7 44. Qb2 Rc8 45. Rc1 Rec7
46. Rxc7 Qxc7 47. Rd1 Qc3 48. Qe2 Nd7 49. d6 Kg7 50. Nd5 Qf3+
51. Qxf3 exf3+ 52. Kxf3 Rc6 53. Nc7 Kf7 54. Ke3 b5 55. Rd4 Rb6
56. Na8 Rb7 57. Nc7 b4 58. Kd2 a5 59. Nd5 Nc5 60. Kc2 Ne4
61. Nb6 Ke8 62. Nc4 a4 63. Ne5 Nc5 64. Rc4 Rb5 65. Kb1 b3
66. Rd4 a3 67. d7+ Nxd7 68. Nxd7 a2+ 69. Kb2 Ra5 70. Nf6+ Kf7
71. Rd1 a1=Q+ 72. Rxa1 Rxa1 73. Kxa1 Kxf6 74. Kb2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Soumya Swaminathan"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6
12. f4 Qd7 13. f5 exf5 14. h4 fxg4 15. Bxg4 Qd8 16. h5 Qh4
17. Kg2 Be4+ 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Bg3 Qg5 21. Qb3
Rxd4 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qe6 Kc7 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. Rf7+ Kb8
26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Qd7 Qd2+ 28. Kh3 Qxb2 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Bc8
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lilit Galojan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Bf5
12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Rxb7 Na5 14. Rb5 Nxc4 15. Bxg6 Qxg6 16. d3 a6
17. Rb1 Rfe8 18. Re1 h6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Re2 Nb6 21. Be3 e4
22. dxe4 Rxe4 23. Rbe1 Nd5 24. Bc1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Qf6 26. Bd2
Bc5 27. c4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Re5 Ba3 30. Ra5 Qd6 31. Rd5
Qe7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qa4 Bc5 34. Qc2 Qd7 35. Nd2 Qe6 36. Ne4
Bd4 37. Qd3 c5 38. Kf1 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qe5 40. g3 Qe6 41. Kg2 a5
42. g4 Qc6 43. Kg1 a4 44. Ng3 g6 45. h4 Qd6 46. Kg2 Be5
47. Nf1 Qd4 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Qf4 50. Ng3 Qg5 51. Kh3 Kf8
52. Qf3 Bxg3 53. fxg3 a3 54. Qg4 Qe5 55. Qc8+ Kg7 56. Qg4+ Kf6
57. Qh4+ Qg5 58. g4 Ke6 59. Qxg5 hxg5 60. Kg3 f5 61. gxf5+ Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Madina Davletbayeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5
7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Rh3 Bc4 12. d3
Bxc1 13. Qxc1 exd3 14. Nxd3 Ne7 15. Qf4 Bf7 16. Bb3 Bxb3
17. axb3 Qd7 18. b4 O-O-O 19. c4 Ng6 20. Qd2 Nd4 21. Qd1 Qe6
22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Qe2 24. Qa4 Qc2 25. Nc3 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Ne6
27. f4 Rdf8 28. Rf3 Nh4 29. Re3 Kd7 30. Nd5 Nf5 31. Ree4 h5
32. g3 Re8 33. Rac4 Rc8 34. Kf2 Rhf8 35. Kg2 Ne7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7
37. Rc2 Kd7 38. Rd2 Rf6 39. Ne5+ Ke7 40. Nf3 Kf8 41. b4 Nd8
42. Ng5 Rf5 43. b6 d5 44. bxc7 Rxc7 45. Red4 Rd7 46. b5 Ke7
47. h3 Ne6 48. Re2 Rxg5 49. fxg5 Kd6 50. Rd1 Nxg5 51. h4 Ne6
52. Rf2 Kc5 53. Rc2+ Kb6 54. Rb2 d4 55. Re2 Nc5 56. Re5 g6
57. Kf3 Rd6 58. Rb1 Na4 59. Kf4 d3 60. Rd1 Nb2 61. Rd2 Nc4
62. Rd1 Nxe5 63. Kxe5 Rd8 64. Kf6 Kxb5 65. Kxg6 Rd5 66. g4
hxg4 67. h5 Kc4 68. h6 Rd6+ 69. Kg5 g3 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6
7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Be5 13. Nc5 Rc8 14. Nd3 Bb8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5
17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. Rf2 Kg7 20. Qd2 Qxg3 21. Raf1
Re7 22. c3 Ne5 23. cxd4 Nc4 24. Qb4 Rcc7 25. Rc1 Ne3 26. Rxc7
Rxc7 27. Qd2 Nf5 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. Qd3 Qg3 31. Qd2
Nf5 32. Qd3 Nd6 33. Qd2 Nf5 34. Qd3 Qf4 35. Bxb7 Qxd4+
36. Qxd4 Nxd4 37. Ba6 Rc2 38. Rf2 Rc1+ 39. Rf1 Rc2 40. Rf2
Rc1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Rd2 Nf5 43. Rf2 Nd6 44. Bd3 h4 45. Rf1 Rc7
46. g3 Re7 47. Nf3 Re3 48. Ba6 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Nf5+ 50. Kh2 g4
51. hxg4 Nxg4+ 52. Kh3 Ne5 53. Bb7 Nd6 54. Ba8 f5 55. Kg3 Nd3
56. Kh4 Kf6 57. b3 Re8 58. Rd1 Rxa8 59. Rxd3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8
12. Re1 Rc4 13. Re3 Qc8 14. h3 Rd8 15. Rd3 h6 16. Nd2 Rc6
17. Nf1 Nf8 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc7 21. Ra4 Nf4
22. Rd2 Nd7 23. Bg4 g6 24. g3 h5 25. gxf4 hxg4 26. f5 gxh3
27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Qg4 Nf8 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. Rg4 Rh7 31. Kh2 Kh8
32. Nc4 g5 33. Qf3 Rh6 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. Qf5 Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Nxh7
37. Rxh3 Kg7 38. Rxh6 Kxh6 39. Ne3 Kg6 40. b3 Be7 41. Rc4 Rd7
42. Kg2 Nf6 43. Kf3 Bd8 44. Bd2 Bc7 45. Ra4 Bb8 46. Ra1 Ba7
47. Rg1 Rf7 48. Ke2 Nxd5 49. Rh1 Bxe3 50. Bxe3 Nxe3 51. Kxe3
d5 52. Rh8 Kf5 53. Re8 d4+ 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. Ke2 Rg7 56. Rf8+
Ke4 57. Kd2 Rg5 58. Ke2 g3 59. fxg3 Rxg3 60. Rf7 Rg2+ 61. Kd1
Ke3 62. Kc1 e4 63. Rxb7 Rg1+ 64. Kb2 d3 65. cxd3 exd3 66. Re7+
Kd2 67. Rd7 Rg2 68. b4 Ke3+ 69. Kc3 Rc2+ 70. Kb3 Rc1 71. Re7+
Kf2 72. Rf7+ Ke2 73. Re7+ Kd1 74. Re6 Rb1+ 75. Kc4 Kc2
76. Rxa6 d2 77. Rd6 Ra1 78. Kc5 Ra3 79. Rxd2+ Kxd2 80. Kb6 Kc3
81. b5 Kb4 82. a6 Ra5 83. a7 Rxb5+ 84. Kc7 Ra5 85. Kb7 Kc5
86. a8=Q Rxa8 87. Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. e4 Ne5 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Bc2 a6
17. c4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Nf4 19. Qe3 e5 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Bb2 Nd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. g3 Qd7 25. Qf3 g6 26. Rad1 Qe7
27. Qb3 Qe5 28. f4 Qf6 29. Re2 Ng7 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Be8
32. Bd3 Qb6 33. Ba3 Rdc8 34. Be7 Bd7 35. Ree1 Rc3 36. Qb4 Bg4
37. Rd2 Rac8 38. Qd6 Qa5 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40. Bxb4 Rb3 41. Bd6 Bd7
42. Be5 Ne6 43. Red1 Bxb5 44. Bxb5 Rxb5 45. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marsel Efroimski"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 b5
12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Nd4 d5 16. e5 Ne8
17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Bd2 f6 21. Bb4 Rf7
22. f4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rf2 24. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nc7 26. Qh5
g6 27. Qg5 Qg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Be3 30. Rf3 d4 31. Rg3 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bf5 10. d4 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Nc3 Qd6 13. Na4 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4
Bg6 17. Qc1 Qe7 18. Qc5 Qb7 19. Rfc1 Ne4 20. Qa5 Qe7 21. Nc5
Nd6 22. Qa6 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qa4 Rfd8 25. Qf4 Bg6 26. Rc3
Rd6 27. Rd1 Rf6 28. Qh4 Bf5 29. Rd4 Qe5 30. Qf4 Qe8 31. Qh4
Rh6 32. Qf4 Rf6 33. Qh4 Rh6 34. Qf4 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Baira Kovanova"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4
exd4 13. axb5 dxc3 14. Nxc3 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Nc3 Bb7
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bb3 Rf8 21. Ba4
Nde5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rd1 c4 24. Bc2 Rc8 25. g3 h6 26. Kg2
Qa6 27. Bf4 Rc5 28. Qd4 Qb7 29. Ra1 Kh7 30. Be3 Bf6 31. Qd1
Rc8 32. Bd4 Nd3 33. Bxf6 Qxe4+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 gxf6
36. b4 Kg7 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Ke3 Rb8 39. Rb1 Rb5 40. Kxd3 d5
41. Kc3 Kf8 42. Ra1 Rb7 43. Ra5 d4+ 44. Kc4 Rd7 45. Ra3 Ke7
46. Rd3 Rc7+ 47. Kxd4 Rc2 48. Re3+ Kd6 49. Rf3 Ke6 50. b5 Rb2
51. Kc5 f5 52. Kc6 Ke5 53. b6 Ke4 54. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxg2 11. Bf3
Qg6 12. Qe2 h5 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 f6 16. Bh2
Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Qd5 18. Qd3 e6 19. Qg6+ Kd7 20. Ka1 h4 21. c4 Qh5
22. Qc2 Bd6 23. d5 Bxh2 24. dxc6+ Kxc6 25. Qa4+ Kb6 26. Qb4+
Kc6 27. Qa4+ Kb6 28. Qb4+ Kc6 29. Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8
12. Be3 Rc4 13. Nd2 Rb4 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ndb1 Nc5 16. Na2 Rb5
17. Re1 Ncxe4 18. Bb6 Qc6 19. Nbc3 d5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. c3 Bd6
22. Rc1 Qd7 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Ng5 25. cxd5 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3
Bxd5 27. Qe2 Qf5 28. Bc5 Qg6 29. f3 Bxc5+ 30. Rxc5 e4 31. f4
h6 32. Nb4 Be6 33. Qf2 Bf5 34. Qg3 Qh7 35. h3 h5 36. Qg5 Be6
37. f5 Bd7 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Bc6 40. Rd8 f6 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8
42. Qf4 Qh6 43. Qd6+ Kg8 44. a6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.14"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. a5 h6 12. Bc4
bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qa2 Bf8 16. Re1 Nd8 17. Nf1
g6 18. Ng3 Bg7 19. Bb2 Qc6 20. Rab1 Be6 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5
Nxd5 23. Ne2 Nb7 24. Ba1 Rbd8 25. Ne4 Nd6 26. Bb3 Nxe4
27. dxe4 Nf4 28. Qa4 Qc5 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qb4
Rc6 32. Rbd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bxc3 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Bxc3 Qxc3
36. h4 Qf6 37. Qf8 Rd6 38. Rxd6 cxd6 39. f3 h5 40. Kf1 Qe6
41. Kf2 d5 42. exd5 Qxd5 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kh2 Qf6 45. Kh3 Qe6+
46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Kg1 Qf6 48. Kf1 Qg7 49. Qb4 Qa1+ 50. Kf2 Qf6
51. Qb6 Kg7 52. Ke2 Qe5+ 53. Kd3 Qf5+ 54. Kd2 Qd7+ 55. Kc3
Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qc5
17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Nxh5 Bb5 19. Qg4 Bh6 20. Bd3 Rhg8 21. Qe2 Qe3
22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Qa7 24. Qd5 Qa6 25. Qb3 Ra7 26. Rd3
Rxg2 27. Rhd1 Rd2 28. R3xd2 Bxd2 29. Ng3 Bf4 30. Nf1 Ra8
31. Qd5 Rh8 32. Nd2 Be3 33. Nb3 Ra8 34. Nc1 Bd4 35. Nd3 Rb8
36. h5 Be3 37. Qb3 Qb6 38. Qc4 Qb7 39. Rh1 Bh6 40. Rg1 Qb6
41. Rd1 Bg5 42. Qd5 Rh8 43. Qb3 Rb8 44. Nc1 Qc6 45. Qd3 Rh8
46. Qe2 Ra8 47. Qd3 Rh8 48. Nb3 Ra8 49. Nd2 Ra6 50. Nc4 Qa8
51. Qd5 Qb8 52. Rd3 Bf4 53. a3 Kf8 54. Rb3 Qc7 55. Rxb4 Rc6
56. a4 Kg7 57. a5 Rc5 58. Qd3 Rc6 59. b3 Rc5 60. a6 Qc6
61. Rb6 Qa8 62. Qxd6 Rxc4 63. bxc4 Bg5 64. Rb8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Ne5 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 Qb7 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rfe1 Nc7
17. Na4 Nb5 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Rf1 a6 20. Qc4 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. f3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Rc8 26. Qe5 f6
27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Rc1 Nc7 29. Qc4 Re8 30. Rfd1 Qc8 31. Rd6 Rd8
32. Ba3 h5 33. Rcd1 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qe8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rd6 Qe8
37. Qd3 Qe5 38. f4 Qa1 39. e5 Qxa2+ 40. Kh3 Qxa3 41. Qc4 Kf8
42. Rd8+ Ne8 43. b4 Qf3 44. Qc5+ Re7 45. exf6 Qg4+ 46. Kg2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5
17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bg6 20. b4 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5
22. Ba2 Qb7 23. e6 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. exf7+ Bxf7 26. Bxf7+
Qxf7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Re8 29. h3 Qe6 30. Qd4 h6 31. Qa7
Qf6 32. Rd1 Qxb2 33. Qxa6 b4 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Rb8 36. Qf4
Rc8 37. Qf5 Rb8 38. Qf4 Rc8 39. Qf5 Rb8 40. Qf4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5
7. O-O d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 Bg4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Nxb6 Be2 16. Qd2 Bxf1
17. Nxa8 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxa8 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. Re1 f6 21. Bd4 Nb6
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. a4 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qe5 26. a5
bxa5 27. bxa5 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 h5 29. Qb4 h4 30. gxh4 Qa2 31. Qe7
Qxa5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Na5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Nc4
18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Qd2 Rbc8 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Bxg2+ 22. Qxg2
Bf8 23. Rae1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6 fxg6
27. Rf2 Re5 28. Qxg6 Rce8 29. Rg1 Qc6+ 30. Rgg2 R8e7 31. Nd1
Rd5 32. Nc3 Rde5 33. Nd1 Qd5 34. Nc3 Qa8 35. Nd1 b4 36. Kg1
Rd5 37. Bd2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Ne5 39. Qxd6 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Rf7
41. Qe6 Nxd2+ 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4
Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 f5 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O d6
12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. Rae1+ Kf7 15. Qh5+ Qg6 16. Qh4
Be6 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Qg3 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Rhe8
21. Be5 f4 22. Bh5+ g6 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Bf3 c6 25. Qb2 Re7
26. Bd6 Rd7 27. c5 Re8 28. h3 Qf6 29. Be5 Qe7 30. Bh8 Kg8
31. Bg4 Qf7 32. Qe5 Bxg4 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kf7 35. Rb8
Bf5 36. Be5 f3 37. g4 Bd3 38. Bd6 Ke6 39. Re8+ Kd5 40. Re3 Be2
41. a4 b6 42. Re5+ Kd4 43. Rg5 Bd1 44. Kh2 Bxa4 45. Kg3 Bd1
46. h4 b5 47. h5 Bc2 48. Kxf3 b4 49. Ke2 b3 50. Kd2 Rb7
51. hxg6 hxg6 52. Be5+ Ke4 53. f4 a5 54. Kc1 a4 55. Kb2 Kd5
56. Bh8+ Kc4 57. f5 a3+ 58. Kxa3 b2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. Nc7 Rb8
12. Be2 b5 13. N7xb5 Qb6 14. O-O a6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nbc3 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Qxa4 18. Bd3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. c3 Nc6 21. b4 a5
22. a3 d5 23. Nc5 axb4 24. axb4 d4 25. Be4 Ne7 26. Ra7 Nf5
27. Bxf5 exf5 28. cxd4 Rxb4 29. Ra4 Rb2 30. Re1 Be6 31. f3 Rd8
32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Rc8 34. Re1 Rcc2 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra7+
Kf6 37. Ra6+ Kg5 38. Kh1 Rxg2 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Kf4
41. d5 Rd2 42. Ra7 Kxf3 43. Ra3+ Ke4 44. Ra7 g5 45. Rxh7 Rxd5
46. Ra7 Ke3 47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 f4 49. Ra5 f3 50. Rxg5 f2
51. Kg2 Rd1 52. Rg3+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qd7
12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rd1 g6 15. Bf4 c6 16. Rac1
Rac8 17. Ne1 Bf6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Kf1 Bg7 20. h3 Re4 21. e3
Re6 22. g4 h6 23. Rc2 g5 24. Bg3 Rf8 25. Kg2 f5 26. gxf5 Rxf5
27. Ne1 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Nd3 Bf8 30. b3 h5 31. h4 gxh4
32. Nf4 Re4 33. Bxh4 d4 34. Bg3 Nf6 35. exd4 cxd4 36. Ng6 Rg4
37. Nh4 Rd5 38. Nf3 Bd6 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Nh2 Rg6 41. Kh3 Ne4
42. Rf1 d3 43. Bxd6 Rgxd6 44. f3 Ng5+ 45. Kh4 Ne6 46. Rd1 Re5
47. Rc3 Rd4+ 48. Kg3 h4+ 49. Kg2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 d2 51. Nf1 Re1
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3
Qc7 13. g4 Bc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Qh5 Rfe8 17. Rf3 g6
18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Rh3 Nf8 21. f5 Bxc3 22. f6 h5
23. Bf3 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Ne5 25. Bxh5 Nh7 26. Be2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 Be6 13. Rb1 Nd8 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nd4 Rxc5
17. Kd2 b6 18. Rb4 Nb7 19. Rc1 Na5 20. h4 Rhc8 21. Ba6 R8c7
22. Bd3 Bd7 23. f3 Nc6 24. Rbb1 Ra5 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Rb3 Ne5
27. Ra1 Nxd3 28. Nxa7 Rxa7 29. Kxd3 b5 30. Kd4 Rc4+ 31. Kd3
Rxh4 32. f4 Kd6 33. Rb4 Rh2 34. Ra2 Rh1 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. Kxe4
Bc6+ 37. Kf5 Rh5+ 38. Kg4 Rc5 39. Rd2+ Kc7 40. Re2 Rxc3
41. Re7+ Kb6 42. Re5 Raxa3 43. g3 Rxg3+ 44. Kf5 Rg6 45. Re7
Rf6+ 46. Kg4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 h6 8. a3 Rc8 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Nge7
12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 a6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 Bg6 18. Bf3 b5 19. Nd6 Bb6 20. Qg4 Rc2 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg5 24. Qxd5 Rd2 25. Qc5 Rd8 26. Rad1
Rc2 27. Qd4 Re2 28. Rfe1 Ra2 29. h4 Qe7 30. Re3 Qe6 31. Rde1
Rd7 32. Qf4 Rc7 33. Qf3 Rcc2 34. h5 Rxf2 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Rg3
Bxh5 37. Qf8 Bg6 38. Ne4 Rfe2 39. Rxe2 Rxe2 40. Ng5+ hxg5
41. Rh3+ Qxh3 42. gxh3 Rxe5 43. Qd6 Re6 44. Qd5 Kh6 45. Qd8
Kh7 46. Qxg5 Be4 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Kf2 g6 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qd4+
Kh7 51. Kg3 Bf5 52. h4 Kg8 53. Qc3 Rd6 54. Qe5 Rd3+ 55. Kf4
Rxa3 56. h5 Rh3 57. hxg6 Bxg6 58. Qd6 Rh4+ 59. Kg5 Re4
60. Qd8+ Kh7 61. Qd2 Re5+ 62. Kf6 Re6+ 63. Kg5 Re5+ 64. Kf4
Re4+ 65. Kf3 Rc4 66. Qd6 Be4+ 67. Ke3 Bg6 68. Qf8 Re4+ 69. Kd2
Rc4 70. Qe7 Re4 71. Qd6 Re6 72. Qh2+ Kg7 73. Kc3 Rc6+ 74. Kb3
Re6 75. Qf4 Re4 76. Qc1 Re6 77. Qh1 Be4 78. Qh4 Bd5+ 79. Kc3
Rc6+ 80. Kd2 Rc4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Be7
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qd3 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 Qd8
12. d4 Ng6 13. Nd3 c6 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 Qc8 16. Nf4 Nxf4
17. gxf4 Bh3 18. e4 Rd8 19. f5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bf6 21. Ne2 c5
22. Rc1 Qc6 23. Ng3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Rxc6
bxc6 27. f6 g6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. e5 Nd7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rd1 c5
32. b4 Rxe5 33. bxc5 Rxc5 34. Ne4 Rc4 35. Rb1 d3 36. Kf3 h6
37. Rb7 Rxe4 38. Rxd7 Re6 39. Rxa7 Rd6 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 d2
42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Bc4
Qc8 13. b3 h6 14. h3 Re8 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bb2 Bg7
18. Qd2 Nh5 19. d4 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Nh2 exd4 22. Neg4
Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. f3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Qh4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+
27. Qxd4 Re5 28. Qf2 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 31. Qh4
Nh5 32. f4 Qc5 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Qg4 Kg7 35. Qd7 Qf2 36. Qxf7+
Kh8 37. Qxe8+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. e4 b5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. d5
exd5 13. exd5 Be8 14. O-O b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Ne4 Ba4 18. Qxc4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. d6 cxd6 21. Rxd6
Ra1+ 22. Bf1 Qe7 23. Qd5 Ne5 24. Nd4 Ng6 25. Nf5 Qe5 26. Qd3
Re8 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kh8 30. Nh6 Qe1
31. g3 Ne5 32. Qb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. Rd4 Qe5 35. Qc4 Kg7
36. Ng4 Qe6 37. Qc2 Rc8 38. Qd2 Rcc1 39. Ne3 Qc6+ 40. Rd5 Rc5
41. h4 Rxd5 42. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 43. Nxd5 Ne4 44. Bd3 Nc5 45. Bc4 b3
46. Ne3 Rb1 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Nd6 Rxb2 49. Nxf7 Rd2 50. Nh6 b2
51. Ba2 Nd3 52. Ng4 Rd1 53. Ne3 b1=Q 54. Bxb1 Rxb1 55. Kf3
Ne5+ 56. Ke4 Rb4+ 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. f4 Rb3 59. Nd5 Nd7 60. g4
Rb5 61. Ke4 Nc5+ 62. Kd4 Ne6+ 63. Ke4 Rb1 64. f5 Re1+ 65. Kd3
Nc5+ 66. Kd2 Re4 67. Ne3 Rf4 68. Ke2 Nd7 69. g5 Rxh4 70. gxf6
Nxf6 71. Kf3 Rh3+ 72. Kf4 Rh4+ 73. Kg5 Re4 74. Nc2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 Qc7
7. Nd2 Nf6 8. Qe2 d6 9. f4 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O e5 14. f5 b5 15. g4 d5 16. g5 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Ra7 19. f6 g6 20. Rhe1 Re8 21. Bc2 Rd7
22. Bb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf5 24. Qe2 e4 25. h4 e3 26. Rd4 a5
27. h5 a4 28. Bd5 b4 29. hxg6 Bxg6 30. Bc4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa3+
32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 h6 34. Be2 hxg5 35. Rxa4 Re6 36. Rg4
Rxf6 37. Kc1 Rf2 38. Bc4 Rc2+ 39. Kd1 Rxc3 40. Bb3 Bh5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O Re8
7. a3 Ba5 8. d3 d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nf8 11. b4 Bb6 12. d4
Be6 13. Qd2 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. d5 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 cxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. Nc1 Qc7 20. Nb3 Bxb3 21. cxb3
Qb7 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Qxb4 24. Nb5 Qxa4 25. Nxa7 Rb8
26. Nc6 Rb3 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 h6 29. Rb1 e4 30. Qd2 Qc4
31. Rd1 N8d7 32. Kh2 Nb6 33. Qf4 Qc5 34. Rc1 Qxd5 35. Qe3 Nc4
36. Qc3 Qxc6 37. Qxc4 Qxc4 38. Rxc4 d5 39. Rd4 Kf8 40. g4 Ke7
41. f3 e3 42. Bf1 Kd6 43. Be2 Rb8 44. Rd3 Rb2 45. Rxe3 d4
46. Rd3 Rxe2+ 47. Kg3 Kd5 48. Kf4 Nd7 49. h4 Nc5 50. Rd1 d3
51. g5 hxg5+ 52. hxg5 d2 53. Kg3 Na4 54. f4 Nc3 55. Kf3 Rh2
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7
7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 N7f6 11. h3 Bf5 12. a4
a5 13. Bb3 Rb8 14. Nbd2 b5 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Qe2 Kh7
18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 b4 20. c4 Nb6 21. Bc2 Rbd8 22. Ne5 c5
23. d5 Kg8 24. Qe2 Rde8 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. Nc6 e6 27. Bd6 exd5
28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Bxe7 Re8 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxe4
Bxb2 33. Rae1 Bc3 34. R1e2 Nxa4 35. Bf6 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qd7
37. Re7 Qxe7 38. Bxe7 b3 39. Qc6 b2 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxf7+ Bg7
42. Bf6 b1=Q+ 43. Kh2 Qb8+ 44. g3 Qg8 45. Qb7 Qf8 46. Bxg7
Qxg7 47. Qb5 Nc3 48. Qxc5 a4 49. Qa3 Qf6 50. f4 h5 51. h4 Kh6
52. Qb4 Qd4 53. Qf8+ Qg7 54. Qb4 Qd4 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Qg7
57. Qb4 Kh6 58. f5 gxf5 59. Qd6+ Kh7 60. Qc5 Qxg3+ 61. Kh1
Qxh4+ 62. Kg2 Qg4+ 63. Kf1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nd7
12. f3 Nef6 13. c5 bxc5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. c4 cxd4 18. cxd5 Rae8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
dxe3 22. Qxf5 Qf7 23. Re1 Qxd5 24. Qc2 e2 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. Qxc7
Rf7 27. Qc2 Nd5 28. Rac1 Nf4 29. Bd4 Qd5 30. Bf2 Nd3 31. Qd2
Qf5 32. Rc4 Nxe1 33. Bxe1 Qb1 34. Rd4 Rf6 35. h4 Rc8 36. Qxe2
Qc2 37. Rd2 Qg6 38. Bf2 Qf5 39. Kh2 Re6 40. Qd1 Rd8 41. Rd5
Qf6 42. Bg3 h6 43. Ra5 Rd7 44. Rd5 Qg6 45. Ra5 Qe8 46. Qd3 Re2
47. Rd5 Re6 48. Ra5 Kh8 49. Rd5 Re3 50. Qd4 Re2 51. Ra5 Qf7
52. Rb5 Qxa2 53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Qd3+ g6 55. Kh3 Qe6+ 56. Kh2 Qa2
57. Kh3 Rxg2 58. Qd4 Rxg3+ 59. Kxg3 Rg7 60. Qxd6 Qe2 61. Qd8
Qe5+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 Qe5+ 64. Kg2 g5 65. h5 Qe2+ 66. Kg3
Qe5+ 67. Kg2 Qe2+ 68. Kg3 Qe5+ 69. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb3 b6 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Nd2 Bc5
18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. b3 Bb7 20. Qe1 Nc6 21. Qh4 Nd4 22. Rac1 Qa5
23. Qg3 Rbc8 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. Ng3 a5 27. c4 Nb4
28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Nh5 Rb8 30. Qg3 d4 31. Be4 Na2 32. Rce1 Nc3
33. Bf3 Bxf3+ 34. Rxf3 g6 35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. exf6 e5 37. fxe5
Re6 38. Qf4 Qd8 39. Qh6 Qf8 40. Qh4 h6 41. Rh3 Kh7 42. Nf3 Kg8
43. Ng5 Rbe8 44. Nxe6 Rxe6 45. Kg1 Kh7 46. Qg3 Qb8 47. Qf4 Qf8
48. Kf1 Kg8 49. Rxh6 Qa8 50. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "12.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. e4 O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 Bc5 11. h3 dxe4 12. dxe4
Nf8 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Bc3 b5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nb3 a4
18. Nc1 Be6 19. Nd3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bd4
23. Bxd4 exd4 24. f4 Nd5 25. Nf1 Nc3 26. Qd3 Nf8 27. Nd2 Ne6
28. e5 c5 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Qf3 d3 31. cxd3 Rxd3 32. Qf2 Red8
33. Nf1 Nb3 34. Kh2 Nxa1 35. Rxa1 Qc4 36. Re1 Qd4 37. Qb2 b4
38. axb4 Nb5 39. Qc2 a3 40. e6 fxe6 41. Rxe6 Qd7 42. Qc4 Kh8
43. Bc6 Nd6 44. Qxd3 Qxe6 45. Qxa3 Qe2+ 46. Bg2 h5 47. Qa5 Re8
48. Qd5 Nc4 49. g4 hxg4 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qd5+ Kf8 52. Qf5+ Ke7
53. hxg4 Rh8+ 54. Kg1 Qe6 55. Qc5+ Nd6 56. f5 Qh6 57. Qc7+ Kf8
58. Qd8+ Ne8 59. b5 Qc1 60. Qd4 Rh6 61. Bc6 Rd6 62. Qe5 Rd8
63. Kg2 Qc2+ 64. Kg1 Qd1 65. Qc5+ Nd6 66. Qb4 Rc8 67. Qf4 Kg8
68. f6 Nf7 69. fxg7 Rd8 70. b6 Qb3 71. Qf3 Qxb6+ 72. Kg2 Qb2+
73. Kg1 Qb6+ 74. Kg2 Qb2+ 75. Kg1 Qd4+ 76. Kg2 Ne5 77. Qb3+
Kxg7 78. Qb7+ Nf7 79. Bf3 Qc3 80. Qe4 Qb2+ 81. Kg3 Rd4 82. Qf5
Qb8+ 83. Kg2 Rb4 84. Ng3 Rb2+ 85. Kh3 Qd6 86. Nh5+ Kf8 87. Nf4
Qh6+ 88. Nh5 Qd6 89. Nf4 Qh6+ 90. Nh5 Rd2 91. Qc8+ Rd8
92. Qc5+ Qd6 93. Qf5 Qe5 94. Qxe5 Nxe5 95. Be4 Rd4 96. Bf5 Kf7
97. Kh4 Rd1 98. Kg5 Rd4 99. Ng3 Nf3+ 100. Kh5 Rd1 101. g5 Ne5
102. Kh4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7
7. Nf3 N7b6 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 e6 12. g4
Bg6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Qf3
Qe7 18. Bd2 N7f6 19. Nc5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. c3
Bd6 23. O-O-O Nd5 24. Rhe1 O-O-O 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Kb1 Qc7
27. Ka2 Kb8 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. b3 Qd7 30. Rc2 Ka7 31. Rh1 Be7
32. Bf4 Rc6 33. Be5 f6 34. Bf4 Rhc8 35. Rhc1 Bf8 36. Re1 Bb4
37. Rec1 Bf8 38. c4 dxc4 39. bxc4 Rb6 40. c5 Rb4 41. Rc3 Qxa4+
42. Ra3 Qb5 43. Qc3 e5 44. Bd2 exd4 45. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Bb6
7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Bd4 10. Ra2 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bf6
12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 Nbc6 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. g3 e5 16. Nh4 Be6
17. c4 d4 18. Nd2 f5 19. c5 Qd5 20. O-O e4 21. Bc4 Qe5
22. Qh5+ Kd7 23. f4 Qf6 24. b5 Na5 25. c6+ Kc7 26. cxb7 Kxb7
27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qd1 Rac8 29. Qa4 Qb6 30. Ng2 d3+ 31. Kh1 Nd5
32. Qd1 e3 33. Qf3 Rgd8 34. Nb1 e2 35. Re1 Qd4 36. Rb4 Rc4
37. Rxc4 Nxc4 38. h4 Qe4 39. Qh5 Nce3 40. Rg1 e1=Q 41. Qf7+
Kb8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "15.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4
Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Be3 Bc5 10. a3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Bxd4 12. Bxc6 Bxe3 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Qf3+ c6 15. Qxe3 Qb6
16. c5 Qb3 17. Qg3 Rhg8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh5 Rd7
21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxh7 Re8 23. Rd3 Qxb2 24. Rdd1 Ka8 25. Rab1
Qe5 26. Qc2 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 Rc8 8. a3 h6 9. b4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. a4
Ne7 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Ng6 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qc7 17. f4
Bxb1 18. b6 Qe7 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. Rxb1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe3 22. Bh5
Kg8 23. Qd7 Kh7 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxe6 Rhf8 26. Qxd5 Rxf4
27. h3 Rcf8 28. Raa1 g5 29. Re1 Qxb6 30. e6 g4 31. e7 Re8
32. hxg4 Rxg4 33. Qf5+ Qg6 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rab1 Rc4
36. Rxb7 Rxc3 37. Kh2 Rc6 38. Kh3 Kf7 39. Kh4 Re6 40. Rxe6
Kxe6 41. g4 Rxe7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. g5 hxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Kf7
45. Kf5 g6+ 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Kg4 Kg6
50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Kf3 g4+ 52. Kg3 Kg5 53. Kg2 Kf4 54. Kf2 g3+
55. Kg2 Kg4 56. Kg1 Kf3 57. Kf1 g2+ 58. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. e4 N5b6 8. d4 Bd6 9. a4 a5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 h6
12. Re1 Re8 13. b3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bb4 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Re2 Ne6
17. Rd2 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Qh5 Qg5
22. Rc1 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 f6 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Rdd1 g5 26. Ne2 Nd7
27. Bf3 Kg6 28. Bd4 Ne5 29. Bg2 Nf7 30. f4 Nd6 31. e5 Nf5
32. Be4 Kf7 33. Bb2 gxf4 34. gxf4 Be6 35. Bf3 Rg8+ 36. Kh2
fxe5 37. Bxe5 Rad8 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Rg1 Rd2 40. Bh5+ Ke7
41. Rg2 Bxb3 42. Bg4 Ne3 43. Rf2 Nxg4+ 44. hxg4 Bc4 45. Bg7
Rxe2 46. Rxe2+ Bxe2 47. Kh3 h5 48. g5 Bg4+ 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Ba1
Kg6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4
Qh5 7. O-O O-O-O 8. h3 e5 9. d5 e4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Bf4 exf3
12. Bxf3 f5 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Bxg4 fxg4 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. fxg3
Ne5 17. Qc2 Rhf8 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf7+
21. Ke2 h5 22. Qe4 Nd7 23. Nb3 Nf6 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. a3 Qe8+
26. Qe6 Qg6 27. Nd2 a6 28. d6 cxd6 29. Qxd6+ Ka7 30. Qc5+ Kb8
31. Qd6+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ Kb8 33. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Qe7
12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Rfe1 Nd8 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 d6 16. Nf3 g5
17. e4 g4 18. Ng1 Bg5 19. Qe2 Bc1 20. Raxc1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bb4+ 11. c3 Bc5
12. Be5 Bd6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Bxd6+ Qxd6 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. O-O
Rd8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Bb3 Kf8 20. f4 Bc6 21. Kh1
Bd5 22. Qe3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qb6 24. h3 Rd7 25. g4 Rcd8 26. Rf3
Nd5 27. Qe4 Nf6 28. Qc2 Kg8 29. Re1 Qc5 30. Qg2 Rd5 31. Rfe3
R5d7 32. Re5 Rd5 33. R5e2 R5d7 34. Kh2 Qc7 35. Qg3 a6 36. Kg2
Qd6 37. Re5 Qc7 38. f5 exf5 39. Rxf5 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Re8
41. Rxe8+ Nxe8 42. Rc5 Kf8 43. Rc8 g6 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Kg5 h5
46. Rc5 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kf8 48. Rc8 Ke7 49. Kf4 Nc7 50. Ke5 Ne8
51. g5 f6+ 52. gxf6+ Nxf6 53. Rb8 Kf7 54. Kf4 Re7 55. Nf3 Nd5+
56. Kg5 Ne3 57. Rh8 Nd1 58. Rh7+ Ke8 59. Rh2 Kf7 60. Kf4 Ne3
61. Rh7+ Kf6 62. Rh2 Nd5+ 63. Kg3 Ne3 64. Kf4 Nd5+ 65. Kg3 Ne3
66. Rf2 Nf5+ 67. Kf4 Rh7 68. Ne5 g5+ 69. Ke4 Ke6 70. Nf3 Rg7
71. Ne5 Nd6+ 72. Kd4 Nf5+ 73. Ke4 Nd6+ 74. Kd4 g4 75. Rg2 g3
76. Nf3 Kf5 77. Kd5 Kf4 78. Nd4 Nf5 79. Ne6+ Kf3 80. Nxg7 Nxg7
81. Kc5 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 b5
12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O c5 15. e5 c4 16. Qe3 Be7
17. Nd2 Nb6 18. f4 O-O 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nde4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Qb6 23. Rad1 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. f5 Rad8 26. Qxe6+
Qxe6 27. fxe6 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Re8
31. Re1 Kf8 32. a4 Ke7 33. axb5 axb5 34. g4 Kd6 35. Rb1 Kc5
36. Re1 b4 37. cxb4+ Kxb4 38. Kg2 c3 39. Rb1+ Kc5 40. Rb3 Kd4
41. Rb6 Kd5 42. Rb3 Kd4 43. Rb6 c2 44. Rc6 Kd3 45. Kf3 Kd2
46. Rd6+ Ke1 47. Rc6 Kd1 48. Rd6+ Kc1 49. Rc6 Rb8 50. e7 Kb2
51. Ke4 c1=Q 52. Rxc1 Kxc1 53. Kf5 Kd2 54. Ke6 Ke3 55. Kf7 g5
56. e8=Q+ Rxe8 57. Kxe8 Kf4 58. Kf7 Kxg4 59. Kf6 h5 60. Kg6 h4
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Rfb8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. g4 a5
18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. a3 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. g5 Nfd7
23. Nh2 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd3 25. Reb1 N7c5 26. Ng4 Bb5 27. Qf3
Kh8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. h4 Qd8 30. Bd2 Ra2 31. Nfe3 Kg8 32. Bc3
Nf4 33. Nf5 Na4 34. Bd2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxb2 36. Bxf4 exf4
37. Qxf4 Kh8 38. e5 dxe5 39. Nxe5 Qxd5 40. Ne3 Qe6 41. Bf5 Qe8
42. Be4 Nd3 43. Qf5 g6 44. Nxf7+ Kg8 45. Qf6 Qxe4 46. Nh6+
Bxh6 47. gxh6 Qe5 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Ng4 Qe6 50. Qd4 Ke7
51. Qg7+ Kd6 52. Ne3 Qd7 53. Qd4+ Kc7 54. Qa7+ Kc6 55. Qa8+
Kb6 56. Nd5+ Kc5 57. Nf6 Qf7 58. Qa3+ Kb6 59. Qd6+ Kb7 60. f4
Bc6 61. Kf1 c3 62. Qxd3 Qxf6 63. Qc4 Kc7 64. Ke2 Kb6 65. Ke3
Qe7+ 66. Kd4 Qf6+ 67. Ke3 Bb5 68. Qc8 Qe7+ 69. Kd4 Qb4+
70. Kd5 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Meylan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. h3 a6 12. a4
Qc7 13. b3 Nb4 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4
fxe4 18. Ba3 b5 19. Bxb4 bxc4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7
22. Bxd6 Qf7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rxe4 cxb3 25. cxb3 Qxf2+
26. Kh1 Qf7 27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Qg4 Rf5 29. Rec4 h5 30. Rc8+ Kh7
31. Qc4 Qe7 32. Qg8+ Kh6 33. Qh8+ Kg5 34. Qd8 Qxd8 35. Rxd8
Nf6 36. Rd6 a5 37. Re6 e4 38. Rc7 g6 39. Kg1 Rd5 40. Rcc6 Rd1+
41. Kh2 Nd5 42. Rxe4 Kf5 43. Re8 Nb4 44. Rc5+ Kf4 45. Rxa5 Nc2
46. Rae5 Nd4 47. a5 Rd2 48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Rxd4 Rxd4 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Roland Levrand"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. g4 Qa5 12. Nb3
Qc7 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 h6 15. g6 fxg6 16. Rg1 g5 17. fxg5 Ne5
18. gxh6 gxh6 19. a3 Nf6 20. Rg7 Nfg4 21. Bf4 Bf6 22. Rxg4
Nxg4 23. Bxd6 Qa7 24. Kb1 Qe3 25. Qg2 Ne5 26. Be2 O-O-O
27. Qf1 Qg5 28. Qf2 Be7 1-0

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Simon Kuenzli"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Na4 d5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. exd5
Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Bf5 15. Bc5 Rac8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7
17. Nc3 Ned5 18. Nde4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Be2 Kf8 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Bb5 Rc5 24. a4 h5 25. h4 Ke7
26. Kd2 Be6 27. Re3 Nd7 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29. b3 f6 30. Ne4 Rc8
31. Rc3 Bc6 32. Rc5 Ra8 33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Ng3 Kd6 35. Rc3 g6
36. Ne4+ Ke7 37. Rc5 Ke6 38. Nd2 Bd5 39. Nc4 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 Kd6
41. c3 Rb8 42. f4 Re8 43. Kf3 b6 44. fxe5+ fxe5 45. b4 Kd5
46. Rc7 Rf8+ 47. Ke3 Rf4 48. g3 Rg4 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Rd7+ Ke6
51. Ra7 Rxa4 52. c4 Kf5 53. Ra6 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 a4
56. c5 a3 57. c6 Rc2 58. Rxa3 Rxc6 59. Rb3 Re6 60. Ra3 Kg4
61. Ke4 Rf6 62. Rb3 Rf1 63. Kxe5 Rf3 64. Rb6 Rxg3 65. Rxg6+
Kxh4 66. Ra6 Rf3 67. Rg6 Kh3 68. Ke4 Rf1 69. Ke3 h4 70. Ke2
Rf5 71. Rg8 Kh2 72. Rg4 h3 73. Rg8 Kh1 74. Rg7 Ra5 75. Rg3
Ra2+ 76. Kf1 Kh2 77. Rg8 Rg2 78. Rf8 Rg1+ 79. Kf2 Ra1 80. Rg8
Ra2+ 81. Kf1 Rg2 82. Rf8 Rg5 83. Kf2 Rg6 84. Rf7 Ra6 85. Rf8
Ra2+ 86. Kf1 Kg3 87. Rg8+ Kf3 88. Rf8+ Kg3 89. Rg8+ Kf3
90. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Rene Deubelbeiss"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. Be2 h5 11. Bf3 b4
12. Nce2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Ng3 h4 16. Nf1 Nc5
17. f5 a5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Ne3 a4 20. Rhe1 Kf7 21. Qe2 Bd7
22. Rf1 Qa5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Bh5+ Kf8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 b3
27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Nxe7 bxa2+ 29. Ka1 a3 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Ng6+
Ke8 32. Nxh8+ 1-0

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Barbara Hund"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5
7. Nxb5 Nf6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nb1 c4 11. Qe2 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Qe3 O-O 16. b3 Ne6
17. Bb2 Qa6 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Bh6 20. Nfd4 Nc5 21. Ng3 Qb6
22. Qf2 e6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Ndxf5 exf5 25. Bd4 Bf8 26. e6 fxe6
27. Qe3 Qc7 28. d3 Re8 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. dxc4 Nd7 31. Rfd1 e5
32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. c5 Nc6 34. Qb3+ Qf7 35. Bg1 f4 36. Nf1 Rad8
37. Nh2 Na5 38. Qa4 Nc4 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Qxa7 Ne3 41. c6 Nf5
42. Nf3 Qg7 43. Rb1 bxc6 44. Qxg7+ Bxg7 45. a4 Bc3 46. Rb3 Ba5
47. Rd3 Re8 48. Rd1 Re4 49. Rd8+ Bxd8 0-1

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Julien Carron"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. e5 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Qf5 10. Na3 Bd6 11. d3 Nf6
12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Ne3 Qh5 15. Nd2 Qh6 16. Bxc5 Rd8
17. h4 e5 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Ng5 Qe8 21. Nf5 f6
22. Ne4 Kh8 23. h5 Nf4 24. Ne7 f5 25. Ng3 e4 26. dxe4 Ba6+
27. Kg1 Ne6 28. Ngxf5 Nxc5 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. hxg6+ Kg8
31. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. f4 e5 9. f5 h5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qd2 b5 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Qg5 Rh7 16. Bf3 Nd7
17. h4 Nf6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Qe3 c5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. a4 b4
22. Ne2 Kc8 23. a5 Kb8 24. Qd3 Rh8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Qc4 Ka7
27. Ng3 g6 28. Nf1 gxf5 29. exf5 e4 30. Be2 Nd7 31. Bxh5 Ne5
32. Qe2 Qxh4 33. Ne3 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Nc4 Qd4 36. Nxe5
Qxe5 37. Bxf7 Qxf5 38. Bc4 Qg5 39. Qd1 Qe7 40. g4 e3 41. Be2
Bc6 42. g5 Bb5 43. g6 Bxe2 44. Qxe2 Qg5 45. Qh2 Qe7 46. Qh7
Qxh7 47. gxh7 e2 48. h8=Q e1=Q+ 49. Ka2 b3+ 50. Kxb3 Qb4+
51. Ka2 Qxa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "Grachen, Switzerland"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Huss"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Bc2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nh5 11. g3 g6 12. h4 c6
13. Nf1 a4 14. Ne3 Nc5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qf3 hxg5
18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Nf5 Bxg5 20. Ke2 Bxd2 21. Rxh7 Kxh7 22. Rh1+
Kg8 23. Kxd2 Qg5+ 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Rh4 Bd7 26. Qg2 Rh8 27. f4
exf4 28. Rxf4 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Bulmaga"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qb3 Ng6 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8
12. a3 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nxd4 Bxc5 16. Nxf5
exf5 17. Ra5 O-O 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Rb5 Rxe5 21. Bf1
Nc6 22. Bb2 Ree8 23. Rxf5 Nce5 24. Nd2 Bb4 25. Bxe5 Nxe5
26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Re1 28. Rxe1 Bxe1 29. Rb3 g6 30. g3 Kg7
31. Bd3 Rc6 32. Kg2 Ba5 33. Be2 Kf6 34. Rb5 Bc3 35. g4 h6
36. f4 Bd2 37. Kf3 Re6 38. f5 Re3+ 39. Kf2 Re5 40. Rb6+ Kg5
41. Rb7 gxf5 42. Rxf7 fxg4 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. Rxg4 Rf5+ 45. Bf3
Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.04"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dinara Saduakassova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 d5 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c6
12. Qb1 Nc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. h4 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Nb5 16. Qb2 Rc8
17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Qc2 Ba3 21. Rb1 Nxd2
22. Qxd2 Qc7 23. Rb3 Bd6 24. e4 f6 25. Nd3 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bc4
27. Rb2 Rcd8 28. Bg2 e5 29. Qe3 exd4 30. cxd4 Qf7 31. Bh3 Rfe8
32. Qd2 Qg6 33. Nf4 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Bxf4 35. h5 Qxh5 36. Be6+
Bxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. gxf4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.05"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Betul Cemre Yildiz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. h3 Nxc4 11. Bxc4
Qxd4 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Be5 e6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. Bxe6 Be7 19. Bd7+ Kf8 20. Qf3 Qxb2
21. O-O Qxc2 22. Rfe1 Bb4 23. Re3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Be4 25. Rxc2
Bxf3 26. Re1 h5 27. Kh2 hxg4 28. Kg3 Rd8 29. Bf5 Rd5 30. Bc8
Rd3 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Be4 33. Rc4 gxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Bg2+
35. Kh2 Bd5 36. Ra4 Rg2+ 37. Kh3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.06"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Huang Qian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5
7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Rg6
12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qb2 a5 14. b5 Qf6 15. e3 Ne7 16. Nf3 Bh3
17. exd4 Bxg2 18. Nxe5 Bxh1 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Be3 Bf3 21. Be2
Nxc5 22. Rb1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Ne4 24. Rc1 Qh4 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Bf4
Kf8 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Kf1 Ng5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. h3 Qh4 31. Qg4
Qf6 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. c5 Rh8 34. d5 Qc3 35. c6 bxc6 36. dxc6
Rxh3 37. Qe4 Qc5 38. a4 Rh5 39. Qd5 Rg5+ 40. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.07"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anda Safranska"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6
7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nc6
12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Nf3 b6
17. Bf4 bxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Qe3 N8e7 21. g4
Ng6 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. a4 Qa6 24. h4 e5 25. h5 Nf4 26. Rd2 f6
27. a5 Qc8 28. Nh2 Qd8 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. a6 Rad8 31. Nf1 Ne7
32. Ne3 Qe6 33. Rad1 Nd3 34. Nf5 e4 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qf5 g6
37. Qxe6+ Rxe6 38. h6 Ne5 39. Rxd5 Nf7 40. c4 Rc8 41. Rb1 Nxh6
42. Rb7 Nxg4 43. Rxa7 e3 44. fxe3 Rxe3 45. Rb7 Rce8 46. Rd1
Ra3 47. a7 Ra2 48. Bg3 Ne5 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qf5 16. Qe2 Nf6
17. Bd3 Qh5 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Qe4 Qf5 21. Ne5 Qxe4
22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Nd3 Bd2 24. Rc2 Bg5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc7
Bc8 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Nxf4 Rd6 29. a5 g5 30. Nd3 b6 31. b4 Bd7
32. Ne5 Bb5 33. Rac1 bxa5 34. bxa5 Re6 35. h4 gxh4 36. R1c5
Rd6 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. f3 Kf6 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. Rb7 h5 41. Kh3 Rf6
42. Rxd5 Rc8 43. Nd7 Rc1 44. Kh2 Bxd7 45. Rbxd7 h3 46. Rg5+
Kh6 47. Rdd5 hxg2 48. Rxh5+ Kg7 49. Kxg2 Rd1 50. Rhg5+ Kf8
51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rgd5 Re6 53. R8d7+ Kf6 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. R7d6
Kf6 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. Rd7+ Kf8 58. Rf5 Ke8 59. Rfxf7 Rxd4+
60. Rxd4 Kxf7 61. Rd7+ Kf8 62. Ra7 Rf6+ 63. Ke4 Re6+ 64. Kf5
Rc6 65. f4 Rc5+ 66. Kf6 Rc6+ 67. Kg5 Rc5+ 68. f5 Rxa5 69. Kf6
Ke8 70. Ke6 Kd8 71. f6 Ra1 72. Ra8+ Kc7 73. f7 1-0

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. g4 Ne5 12. Kb1
b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe4 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Qf4 Ke7 20. Qg3 Bh6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Rhe1
f5 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. Ng1 Kf8 25. Ngf3 a5 26. Ne5 a4 27. Nxd7+
Qxd7 28. Bb5 Qc7 29. Bxa4 Ne4 30. Qb3 Bxf4 31. Qxe6 fxe6
32. Nxe6+ Kf7 33. Nxc7 Nd2+ 34. Rxd2 Bxd2 35. Bb3+ Kf6
36. Re6+ Kg5 37. Re2 Bf4 38. Rg2+ Kh4 39. Ne6 Be3 40. a4 bxa3
41. Rg7 Rh6 42. Nc7 axb2 43. Re7 Bc1 44. Ne6 Ra8 45. Ba2 Rhh8
46. Nc7 Ra7 47. Rd7 f4 48. Rg7 f3 49. Rf7 f2 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
c6 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 O-O
12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. f4 Ba6 15. Nd6 Na5 16. b3 Nb7
17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rfc1 h6 21. e3 Rxc2
22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Kf2
Bd7 27. Ke1 a5 28. Kd2 Bb5 29. Kc3 Kf8 30. a3 Ke7 31. b4 axb4+
32. axb4 cxb4+ 33. Kxb4 Be2 34. Kc5 Bd1 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bxe4
Be2 37. Bc6 Bd1 38. Kd4 Be2 39. Ke3 Bd1 40. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf3 h6 11. Be3 Na5
12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. h3 Nc4
17. Bc1 b5 18. Nh5 Be6 19. a4 Qc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. Nd1 b4 23. b3 Na5 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Ra4 Nc6 26. Re2 Bg5
27. Nb2 Ra8 28. Re1 Rxa4 29. Nxa4 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Na7 31. Rd1
Rc8 32. Rd2 Qc6 33. Be2 Kf8 34. Bf1 Ke7 35. Rf2 Rb8 36. Rd2
Nb5 37. Rd1 Na7 38. Qd2 Rb7 39. Nb2 Nc8 40. Nd3 Qb6 41. Ra1
Bd7 42. Nb2 Ra7 43. Re1 Bc6 44. Nd3 Rb7 45. Nf2 Qa5 46. Rd1
Rd7 47. Qe1 Rb7 48. Bc4 Kf8 49. Ra1 Qc7 50. Qd2 Rb8 51. Bd5
Ne7 52. Bc4 Nc8 53. Ra6 Qb7 54. Qd3 Ra8 55. Rxa8 Qxa8 56. Qd2
Bxe4 57. Nxe4 Qxe4 58. Bd5 Qf5 59. Qxb4 g5 60. Qb7 Ne7
61. Qb8+ Kg7 62. Qxd6 Ng6 63. Qc7 h5 64. Qc4 g4 65. hxg4 hxg4
66. Qe4 Qh5 67. g3 f5 68. Qb4 Qh3 69. Qe1 e4 70. Bc4 Ne5
71. Be2 Kg6 72. Qf2 Qh8 73. Qf4 Nf7 74. Bc4 Ne5 75. Be2 Nf7
76. Qc7 Qb2 77. Qc6+ Kg7 78. Qc7 Kg6 79. Kf2 Qc1 80. Qc6+ Kg7
81. Qc3+ Kg6 82. Bb5 Qh1 83. Qc6+ Kg7 84. Qc3+ Kg6 85. Be8
Qf3+ 86. Ke1 Qxg3+ 87. Kd2 Qd6+ 88. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5
7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. a3 Be7
12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfd1 Qd8 15. Be4 Bd7 16. d5 exd5
17. Bxd5 Qc8 18. Rac1 Ne7 19. Qb1 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nf4
Be5 22. b4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Qg4 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. h3 Qh4 26. b5
Nd4 27. Rc7 Nf5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bf4 Qd5 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Qc2
Nh4 32. f3 Nxf3+ 33. Kg3 Nd4 34. Qc4 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Bd6
Qf6 37. Qc5 b6 38. Rc8 Qe6 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Qe5 Qd7 41. Be7
f6 42. Qxe2 Qc7+ 43. g3 Kf7 44. Bb4 h5 45. Kg2 Qd7 46. Qe4 Qd8
47. Qc4+ Kg7 48. Qe6 Qd4 49. h4 Qb2+ 50. Kf3 g5 51. Qe7+ Kg6
52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Qxh5+ Kg7
56. Qxg5+ Kf7 57. Qf5+ Kg7 58. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 Ngf6 11. gxf7+ Bxf7
12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Qb3 b5 15. Qc2 Ndf6 16. Rg1 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Kf8 18. Be5 Rg8 19. Nf4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng6+
Ke8 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Bxg7 Bd5 24. Rg3 b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4+
26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Rab8 28. Kc3 h5 29. Rg5 Rb5 30. Be5
Rxg5 31. hxg5 Kf7 32. a4 Rb3+ 33. Kc2 Kg6 34. Bf4 Rd3 35. Rb1
Ra3 36. Rb8 Rxa4 37. Rh8 Ra2+ 38. Kc3 Rxf2 39. Rh6+ Kf5
40. Rxh5 a5 41. Rh8 Ra2 42. Rf8+ Kg6 43. Rf6+ Kh5 44. Rh6+ Kg4
45. g6 Ra3+ 46. Kb2 Ra2+ 47. Kc3 Ra3+ 48. Kb2 Ra2+ 49. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 cxd4 6. cxd5 Qxd5
7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Nxd5 Bxd1 9. Nc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Bc2 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Rc1 d3 13. h4 e6 14. Rh3 Nge7 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3+ Nd5
17. b4 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. b5 Nxe5 20. Rc7+ Kd8 21. Rd4 Bd6
22. Rxa7 Bc5 23. Ba5+ Kc8 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Nb6+ Bxb6 26. Bxb6
Re8 27. Kd1 Nc4 28. Bd4 Re4 29. Bxg7 Rxh4 30. Rxf7 Rg4 31. Bf8
a3 32. Ra7 Rxg2 33. Ke2 Kb8 34. Ra6 Rg6 35. Ra4 Re6+ 36. Kf1
Nd2+ 37. Kg2 Rg6+ 38. Kh3 Ne4 39. f4 Rg3+ 40. Kh4 Rb3 41. Bxa3
Rxb5 42. f5 Rb1 43. Rb4+ Rxb4 44. Bxb4 Kc7 45. Kh5 Kd7 46. Kh6
Ke8 47. Kg7 d4 48. Be1 Ng5 49. Bd2 Ne4 50. Be1 d3 51. f6 Ng5
52. Bc3 Ne6+ 53. Kxh7 Kf7 54. Kh6 Nc5 55. Kg5 Ne4+ 56. Kf4
Nxc3 57. Ke3 Kxf6 58. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6
7. b4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qc7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nd2 g5 11. Bg3 Nge7
12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Qe3 h6 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 d4 16. cxd4 Nd5
17. Qf2 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 O-O-O 19. Nf3 Nxd4 20. O-O Nxf3+
21. Qxf3 Bxe5 22. Rad1 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rd4 24. Be4 Rhd8
25. Bxb7+ Qxb7 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Kxh2 Rxb4
29. Rxf7+ Kc6 30. Rf6 Re4 31. Rxh6 Kxc5 32. Rh3 Re2 33. Ra3
Kb5 34. Kg3 a5 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. g4 a4 37. g5 Kb4 38. Re3 Rxa2
39. g6 Rd2 40. Rxe6 Rd7 41. Kf4 a3 42. Ra6 Kb3 43. Rb6+ Kc2
44. Rc6+ Kb3 45. Rb6+ Kc2 46. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Na5
18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. Nd4 Bf8 21. b3 Na5 22. Bb2 Nc6
23. Nf3 Nb4 24. Rad1 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. f5 Qf4 27. g6 Qxf5
28. Bh3 Qxg6 29. Bxd7 Red8 30. Bh3 d4 31. Ne2 d3 32. Nf4 Qh6
33. Bg2 dxc2 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Nd4 Bxg2+ 36. Nxg2 Qg6 37. Qe2
Qd3 38. Qf2 f6 39. Qe1 Re8 40. Qa1 Bc5 41. Nf5 Na2 42. Ng3
Qxb3 43. Nf4 Rd8 44. Qe1 Qxb2 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Nd3 Qd4 47. Re1
Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Ne4 a5 15. Nc5 Be8 16. e4 Nb6
17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qe7 19. Ne4 Nxd5 20. Nh4 f5 21. Qxb5 Rd8
22. Ng5 Qd6 23. Rd1 Nce7 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. Ne6 Bh5 26. Qxh5 Qxe6
27. Nf3 Qe2 28. Bd4 Nf6 29. Qg5 c5 30. Bf1 Qxf3 31. Bxf6 Rxf6
32. Rxd7 h6 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Nc6 36. Rad1
Ne5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kg6 39. R1d6 c4 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6
41. Bxc4 Bc5 42. Kg2 Ng4 43. Rc8 Bxe3 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Kf3 Bd2
46. Ke2 Bb4 47. h3 Nf6 48. Ke3 Nd5+ 49. Bxd5 Kxd5 50. Rg6 Bc3
51. Kf4 Bf6 52. Kxf5 Kd4 53. Rg4+ Kc3 54. Ra4 Bd8 55. Kg6 Kxb3
56. Ra1 Bc7 57. Re1 Kc2 58. Re3 Bb6 59. Re4 Kb3 60. Kxg7 a4
61. Re8 Bc7 62. Kxh6 a3 63. Re3+ Kb4 64. Rxa3 Kxa3 65. g4 Kb3
66. g5 Bf4 67. h4 Kc4 68. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. h3 Be7
12. Bf2 b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qa5+
17. c3 O-O 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. Rad1 Bg7
22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Bc1 b4 24. Ne2 a5 25. Qb6 Nc4 26. Qf2 Ne5
27. Qb6 Nc4 28. Qf2 bxc3 29. Nxc3 Nxb2 30. Bxb2 Bxc3 31. Bc1
Ba6 32. Bxh6 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Bg7 34. Bf4 Rc4 35. Kh1 Be5 36. Bh6
Rb4 37. Qd2 Reb8 38. a3 Rb1 39. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1 Qb7
41. Qd2 Qb1 42. Qd3 Qa2 0-1

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf8
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qf4 Ne7 15. c4 Ng6 16. Qg3 Qb8
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Be2 Be7 21. Rd2 Rf8
22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Qh3 Kg8 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qd3 Be7 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 b5 31. f3
a5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Bc3 Qb6 34. Bd4 Qc6 35. Bc3 Qc5 36. Bd4
Qc6 37. Bb2 h5 38. Qc3 Qd5 39. Qd3 Qc5 40. Kf1 g5 41. Bc3 g4
42. b4 axb4 43. Bxb4 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Bxb4 45. axb4 Qb2+ 46. Kf1
Qxe5 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kg5 49. Qd8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Qg7
51. Qe8 Qa1+ 52. Kf2 Qd4+ 53. Kf1 Qc4+ 54. Kf2 gxf3 55. gxf3
Qd4+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qe2 58. Qf8+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ Kf4
60. Qh6+ Kxf3 61. Qxh5+ Ke3 62. Qg5+ Ke4 63. Qg6 Kd5 64. Qg5
Qf1+ 65. Kh4 Qf2+ 66. Kh3 Qf3+ 67. Kh4 e5 68. Qd8+ Ke4 69. h3
Qc3 70. Qd6 f4 71. Qg6+ Kf3 72. Kg5 e4 73. Qd6 Qg7+ 74. Kf5
Qf7+ 75. Kg5 e3 76. Qc6+ Kf2 77. Kg4 Qg7+ 78. Kf5 e2 79. Qc5+
Kg2 0-1

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bxh6 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxh6
12. Qxh6 Bxh6 13. Nxd6 exd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. O-O-O
Rd8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. d6 Rc6 20. d7 f5 21. Nf3
Re6 22. Bg2 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Bxb7 g5
26. fxg5 Bxg5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Rh2 Re3 29. Rg2 c4 30. Kc2 Kh8
31. g4 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Re2 33. Rg2 Re3 34. Ne4 Bg7 35. Nd6 Re7
36. Be4 Be5 37. Nf5 Rc7 38. Rg5 c3 39. b3 Bf4 40. Rg4 Be5
41. h5 Rf7 42. Rg6 Rd7 43. Rg2 Nc8 44. Bd3 Rd8 45. h6 Bf6
46. h7 Rf8 47. Rg6 Nb6 48. Nh6 Bg7 49. Rd6 Nc8 50. Re6 Nb6
51. Nf5 Nd5 52. Nxg7 Kxg7 53. Rg6+ Kh8 54. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. e3 O-O 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O exd4
12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxb4 Qxb4 15. Nxb4 Nf5 16. Rfd1
Ne7 17. Nd3 Rd8 18. Nc5 Rd6 19. Ne4 Rd7 20. Nc5 Rd6 21. Bb3 a5
22. Rac1 Nf5 23. Ne4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Kf8 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. Rg8
b6 27. Bd5 Bb7 28. Rxa8 Bxd5 29. Ra7 Kd7 30. Nc5+ bxc5
31. Rxa5 Kc6 32. b3 Nd6 33. f3 Kb6 34. Ra4 Nb5 35. Rg4 g6
36. Rh4 h5 37. e4 Be6 38. f4 f5 39. exf5 Bxf5 40. h3 Nd4
41. Kf2 Be4 42. f5 Bxf5 43. b4 Bd3 44. Rf4 Nc2 45. Rf6+ c6
46. bxc5+ Kxc5 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Nb4 49. a4 Nd5 50. Re6 Nb4
51. Ke3 Bc2 52. Kd2 Kd5 53. Rf6 Kc5 54. Re6 Bb1 55. Re8 Ba2
56. Rb8 Be6 57. g5 Na6 58. Rb7 Bc8 59. Rg7 Bf5 60. Rb7 Kc4
61. Rb6 Nb4 62. a5 Bc8 63. Rb8 Bf5 64. Rb6 Kc5 65. Rb8 Na6
66. Rb7 Bc8 67. Rg7 Bf5 68. Rb7 Bc8 69. Rg7 Bf5 70. Rb7 Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2
cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5
12. Bg3 O-O 13. Bc4 a6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nc3 Nf6
17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 b5 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Nc4
22. b3 Nb6 23. Nd3 Ba3 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Ra1 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Rxc5
27. Qb1 Nbd5 28. Be5 h6 29. Qb2 Ng4 30. Bg3 Qd7 31. Rac1 Rfc8
32. Bb1 Qb7 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Qd4 Rc8 35. Qxg4 Ne3 36. Qf3
Qxf3 37. gxf3 Nxf1 38. Kxf1 Bxf3 39. Bf4 e5 40. Bd2 h5 41. Nc3
Rd8 42. Be1 Rd4 43. Bf5 b4 44. Nb1 g6 45. Bc8 a5 46. Nd2 Bc6
47. Ba6 Rd8 48. Be2 f6 49. Nc4 Ra8 50. Bd2 Kg7 51. Ke1 Be4
52. Nb6 Rd8 53. Nc4 Ra8 54. Nb6 Ra7 55. Be3 Bb1 56. Kd2 Rc7
57. Nc4 Bxa2 58. Nxa5 Rc3 59. Bc4 h4 60. Ke1 Bb1 61. Bd2 Rh3
62. Kf1 Rxh2 63. Kg1 Rh3 64. Bf1 Rc3 65. Bxc3 bxc3 66. b4 Bc2
67. b5 Ba4 68. b6 c2 69. b7 c1=Q 70. b8=Q Qg5+ 71. Kh1 Qd2
72. Qa7+ Kh6 73. Qc5 Bc2 74. Qf8+ Kg5 75. Qc5 Be4+ 76. Kg1 Kh6
77. Qf8+ Kg5 78. Qc5 Qf4 79. Nc4 Qf3 80. Qe3+ Qxe3 81. Nxe3 f5
82. Bc4 Kf4 83. Nd5+ Bxd5 84. Bxd5 e4 85. Kg2 g5 86. Be6 Ke5
87. Bc8 Kf4 88. Be6 Ke5 89. Bc8 f4 90. f3 Kd4 91. fxe4 Kxe4
92. Bg4 Ke3 93. Bh5 Kd4 94. Bg4 Ke4 95. Kf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nd7 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3
Nf5 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Qa3 Rfd8 17. c3
a5 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. Qc2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 a4 21. Rfe1 Rd6 22. h4
Qa5 23. Re2 Rad8 24. Rde1 b6 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Be4 Qa5 27. Bf3
Qf5 28. Be4 Qa5 29. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. c4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Nb6 9. h3 Na6 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. a4 a5 12. Qb3
Na6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Rad1 Be6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. exd5
Bf5 18. Nge4 Rc8 19. g4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc4 21. Bc5 Nxb2 22. Rd2
N2d3 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Ng5 Rxc5
27. Ne6 Qd6 28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Qxf5 Rc4 30. Kh1 Qf6 31. Qd7 Rf4
32. Rg1 Kh8 33. d6 Qxd6 34. Bd5 h6 35. Qxb7 e6 36. Qb2+ Kh7
37. Be4+ Rf5 38. Bxf5+ exf5 39. Qb7+ Kh8 40. Qb2+ Kh7 41. Qb7+
Kh8 42. Qf3 Qe5 43. Qg3 Qd5+ 44. Qg2 Qc4 45. f3 Qd5 46. Qg3
Kh7 47. Rg2 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qd5 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kh7
51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Qg3 Bd6 53. f4 Qf7 54. Kh1 Kh7 55. h4 Bf8
56. Kh2 Bd6 57. Kh3 Bf8 58. Qd3 Qe6 59. h5 Be7 60. Qg3 Bf8
61. Qg6+ Qxg6 62. Rxg6 Bb4 63. Kg3 Bc3 64. Kf3 Bg7 65. Rd6 Kg8
66. Rd5 Bc3 67. Rxf5 Kg7 68. Ke4 Bd2 69. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. a4 Be7
12. Ne4 Be6 13. a5 Rd8 14. c3 Bd5 15. Re1 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Rd1+
17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 h4 19. Ra4 Kd7 20. Nd3 c5 21. Re4 Kc6
22. Kf1 Kb5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bd6 25. Re4 Rf8 26. Ke2 Kxa5
27. Bg5 b5 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Kb6 30. Re4 Rh8 31. Re5 Rf8
32. Re4 Rh8 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Re4 Rh8 35. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nd7 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ne2 O-O
12. Rd1 Nb6 13. c3 a5 14. Qc2 a4 15. Nf4 Nc4 16. Nd3 Qc8
17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Bg5 Ned5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Rd3 Ne8
22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rad1 h6 24. h4 Nd7 25. Bf4 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qc7
27. Nc3 Nb6 28. c5 Nc8 29. Nxa4 e5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5
32. Bxd5 Ne7 33. Bg2 Nc6 34. b3 Nd4 35. Qc4 Rd8 36. Bc3 Qc8
37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nb2 Nc7 39. Nd3 Re8 40. b4 Qg4 41. Rf1 Bf6
42. b5 Kg7 43. b6 Ne6 44. Re1 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. c6 bxc6
47. b7 Rb8 48. Qxc6 Qf5 49. Qc8 Rxb7 50. Qxb7 Qxd3 51. Rxe6
Qd1+ 52. Bf1 d3 53. Rxf6 Kxf6 54. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qf3 O-O 21. Qg3 f6
22. Bd2 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rde8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1
hxg6 0-1

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qg3 O-O
12. Ne2 b5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bf4 Ndf6 15. Be5 Bd6 16. a4 b4
17. a5 Qc7 18. f4 c5 19. c3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7
22. Be4 Rc8 23. Nc6 bxc3 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6
7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 Nc6
12. O-O Ndxe5 13. fxe5 O-O-O 14. b4 cxb4 15. c4 Qg5 16. Qe2
Rhf8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. a3 Kb8 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. axb4 Rc3 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. b5 f6 24. Qf2 Bc8 25. Rf1 f5
26. Qg3 g5 27. Qe1 Rc2 28. Nb1 Be6 29. g4 f4 30. exf4 gxf4
31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Qg5 33. Qe3 Bxg4 34. Rf8+ Kc7 35. Qxg5
hxg5 36. Rf7+ Kd8 37. Na3 Ra2 38. Nb1 Ra1 39. Rf1 Be2 40. Re1
Bd3 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ekaterini Pavlidou"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 a6
12. h3 b5 13. Qe3 b4 14. Na4 h6 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxb3
17. axb3 Nxe4 18. Bxa6 Rb8 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Rd4 Nf6 21. Re1
Nxc4 22. Rh4 Nh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qxh5+ Kg7
26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Re4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gulnar Mammadova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. Ne4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qa5+
12. c3 Nf5 13. O-O h6 14. Nd2 e6 15. g4 Nh4 16. Qe3 O-O-O
17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bg3 g5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxa7 Kd7 21. cxb4 Ng6
22. Qe3 Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. b5 Kg8 25. d4 Ne7 26. Qf3 Nd5
27. bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxf7+ Kh7 29. Rac1 Nc3 30. Kh2 Rhf8 31. Qxe6
Qa6 32. Rxc3 Qxf1 33. Nf5 Rg8 34. Rc7 Qa6 35. Qxa6 bxa6 36. e6
Rc8 37. Rb7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "3.32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Narmin Kazimova"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Nc6 15. a5 Bd7 16. Nde2 Nb4 17. Bb6 Qc8
18. Na4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. c4 Nd3 22. Ng3 f5
23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxe4 Bxa1 25. Nd6 Qc6 26. Nxe8 Bxe8 27. Qxd3
Bf6 28. Qe2 Bg6 29. Nc5 Bf5 30. Rd1 Re8 31. Nd7 Kh8 32. Nxf6
gxf6 33. Bd4 Kg7 34. Bc3 Be4 35. Rd4 Bf5 36. Qh5 Bg6 37. Qd1
Re7 38. h3 Bf5 39. Kh2 Bg6 40. Qe1 Qc5 41. Qg3 Qc7 42. Rd2 Qc5
43. Qh4 Rf7 44. g4 Qe3 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Kf8 47. Rd6 Bc2
48. Rxe6 Bxb3 49. Bxf6 Bxc4 50. Rb6 Rd7 51. Kh4 Bf1 52. Rb1
Bg2 53. Rb2 Bf1 54. Rf2 Rd1 55. Be5 Rb1 56. Rf3 Bg2 57. Rg3
Be4 58. Re3 Bg2 59. Kg5 Kf7 60. Bd6 Rb5+ 61. f5 Rxa5 62. Re7+
Kg8 63. Kh6 Bc6 64. Rg7+ Kh8 65. Rf7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "4.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marija Rakic"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 d6 8. a3 Ba5 9. e3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rc1
Bf5 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qd4
Bd3 18. Qg4 Qxb2 19. Bf6 Bg6 20. Bd4 Nb3 21. Rb1 Qc2 22. Nb5
Rad8 23. Bxa7 Qe4 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qg3 Qxd5 26. Nbd4 Bxb1
27. Rxb1 b6 28. Nxb3 cxb3 29. Nd4 b2 30. h4 Qa2 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jovana Rapport"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nxf6+
gxf6 12. a4 Bd6 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. g3 a6 16. Bc4 b5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc6 21. Rd1
Qe4 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Nd2 c3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Ra1
Rc6 27. Ra7+ Bc7 28. c4 Nd7 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. c5
Rc6 32. Nb3 e5 33. f4 Ke8 34. Ra5 Rc7 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. f5 Nb8
37. c3 Nc6 38. Ra6 Nb8 39. Rb6 Nd7 40. Rb5 h5 41. Kd3 Rc8
42. Ke4 Nb8 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rb6 Nc6 45. Nd2 Ne7 46. Rxf6 Rxc5
47. c4 Kg7 48. Rb6 Ng8 49. Kd3 Rc7 50. Ne4 Rd7+ 51. Rd6 Ra7
52. c5 Nh6 53. f6+ Kg6 54. Rd8 Kf5 55. c6 Rc7 56. Rd6 Ng4
57. h3 Nh2 58. Nd2 Nf3 59. Nxf3 e4+ 60. Ke3 exf3 61. Rd5+ Ke6
62. Rc5 Kd6 63. Rc3 Ke5 64. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bh4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O g5 11. Rxd4
gxh4 12. Nb5 e5 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. Nxa8 Bxd1
16. Kxd1 Bg7 17. Nf3 Rxa8 18. Nxe5 Rd8+ 19. Ke2 Rd4 20. Re1
Ne4 21. Nf3 Rxc4 22. Kd3 Rb4 23. Rxe4+ Rxe4 24. Kxe4 h3 25. g3
Bxb2 26. Ng1 Kd6 27. Nxh3 Kc5 28. Kd3 Kb4 29. Kc2 Ka3 30. Kb1
Bd4 31. g4 f6 32. Nf4 Bxf2 33. Nd5 Bh4 34. Ne7 Bg5 35. Nc8 a6
36. Nd6 b5 37. Nb7 Kb4 38. h3 Bf4 39. Nd8 Kc3 40. Ne6 Bd6
41. h4 Kc4 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Ng7 Ke4 44. Nf5 Bf4 45. Ne7 Kf3
46. Nd5 Be5 47. Nb4 a5 48. Nc6 Kxg4 49. Nxa5 Kxh4 50. Kd3 Kg3
51. Ke2 Kg2 52. Nc6 h5 53. Ne7 h4 54. Nf5 h3 55. Nh4+ Kg3
56. Nf5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Salome Melia"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bh6 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2
Bd3 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Ng4 Qg7 21. b3
Qxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Ne6 25. Ne3 Nd4
26. Red2 a6 27. Nc2 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 Kf6 29. Rcd2 Ke6 30. Rd5 Rd7
31. Kf2 Rc8 32. h4 b5 33. cxb5 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 axb5 35. Rxb5 Rxa2
36. Rb6 Rb2 37. Rd3 Kf5 38. Kh3 Ke6 39. b4 h5 40. Kg3 Kf5
41. Rdxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6
12. f3 a6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. f5 Qf6 15. Bb1 Nb6 16. g4 Nc4
17. Qd3 Bd7 18. g5 Qxf5 19. Qc3 Qh3 20. Bd3 Qh4 21. Rf2 Nd6
22. Nf4 Qxg5+ 23. Rg2 Qh4 24. Bd2 Bh3 25. Rg3 Bf5 26. Nxd5
Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxe8 Bxd3 30. Nxd6 cxd6
31. Bb4 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nxg3 33. Bxd6+ Kg8 34. Kxg3 Rd8 35. Rc1
Bb5 36. Be7 Re8 37. Rc7 Bc6 38. Kf2 f6 39. Bb4 Re5 40. Re7 Rf5
41. Re3 g5 42. Kg3 h5 43. Rd3 h4+ 44. Kg4 Rf4+ 45. Kh5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 c5
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 cxb3 20. exd5 Nc4 21. Qd4 Qa7
22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. axb3 Ne3 24. Rc1 Raf7 25. Nd2 Rf2 26. Nc4
Nxd5 27. Rxa6 Re2 28. Rxe6 Nf4 29. Rd6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Re2
31. Rf1 Ng6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rd2 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Nxe5 35. Kf2
Re4 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Re8+ Kxe8 38. Nd6+ Kd7 39. Nxe4 Kc6
40. Ng5 Kb5 41. Kg3 h6 42. Ne6 g5 43. Nd4+ Kb4 44. Nf3 Nd3
45. Kg4 Kxb3 46. Kh5 Kxb2 47. Nd4 Ne5 48. h3 Nd3 49. Kxh6 Nf4
50. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6
7. Be3 c5 8. Qg4 g6 9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Qg3 Nbc6 11. Bb5 Bd7
12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Nge2 a6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc7 Qe7 16. Bd6 Qd8
17. h5 g5 18. Bc7 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. O-O Ne7 21. Bc7 Qc8
22. Be5 Nf5 23. Qh2 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 O-O 25. b4 f6 26. Qh2 d4
27. Ne4 Bc6 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 e5 30. f4 Qg4 31. Rf2 Rad8
32. Qc7 gxf4 33. a4 Rd7 34. Qb6 Rg7 35. Kf1 Bxg2+ 36. Ke1 f3
37. c6 fxe2 38. c7 Bf3 39. Qd6 Qg1+ 40. Kd2 e1=Q+ 41. Rxe1
Qxf2+ 42. Kd3 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "European Individual Women's Championship"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[EventDate "2013.07.23"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. O-O
a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 c5 11. d3 O-O
12. Nc3 Qb6 13. e4 Rac8 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Nd1 Ng4 16. d4 cxd4
17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bb2 f6 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 a5 21. Qb5 Ba6
22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. Bh3 h5 25. Ba3 Nxa4 26. Bxc5
Nxc5 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 a4 29. Ne1 Kf7 30. f3 Bb5 31. Bf1
Rb8 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc3 Rd2 34. Nc2 Nd3 35. Ne3 Rb3 36. Rc7+
Kg6 37. Nf1 Rf2 38. f4 h4 39. f5+ exf5 40. exf5+ Rxf5 41. Rxa4
Ne5 42. Raa7 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Ng5 44. Rxg7+ Kh5 45. Ra1 h3 46. Rd7
Rf2 47. Rd2 Rb2 48. Rxb2 Rxb2 49. Ra4 Nf3 50. Rf4 Rf2 51. Rxf3
Rxf3 52. Kg1 f5 53. Nd2 Rd3 54. Nf1 Ra3 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Kf3
Rg2 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. Kd4 Kf3 59. Kd3 Ra2 60. Kd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 O-O 8. Bg5 Be6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Be2 Rc8
12. O-O Be7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nbd4 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. b4 f5 21. Nb3 Ne4
22. Bd3 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Nd6 26. Nc5 Qe7
27. Qe2 a5 28. Nb3 axb4 29. axb4 Kh8 30. Nd4 Bg7 31. g3 Qf6
32. Rd1 Nf7 33. Bb1 Nd6 34. Bd3 Nf7 35. Qh5 Ne5 36. Nxe6 Nxd3
37. Nxg7 Nb2 38. Rxd5 Qxg7 39. Qxf5 Rf8 40. Qc2 b5 41. Rxb5
Qf6 42. Rd5 Nc4 43. Rd7 Qa1+ 44. Rd1 Qf6 45. Rd7 Qa1+ 46. Rd1
Qf6 47. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Nf5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qd3
O-O-O 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Rad1 h6 14. h3 Qc5 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 16. Qa4
a6 17. a3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ne7 19. Qe4 Bf5 20. Qf4 g5 21. Qd2 Ng6
22. Ne4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Nf6 Rd8 25. Nd4 Be6 26. Re1 c5
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. g3 Rh8 29. Kg2 Kd8 30. c4 dxc4 31. Ne4 b6
32. Nd6 Kc7 33. Nxc4 Rd8 34. Re2 Rd5 35. Kf3 h5 36. Ne3 Rd3
37. Rc2 Rd4 38. Kg2 Nxe5 39. Re2 Kd6 40. Nc2 Rd3 41. Ne3 b5
42. Rc2 c4 43. Nf1 Nf3 44. Re2 Nd4 45. Re3 Rd1 46. g4 h4
47. Re4 Kd5 48. Re3 e5 49. Rc3 Rb1 50. a4 e4 51. axb5 axb5
52. Ra3 Ne6 53. Ne3+ Kc5 54. Ra2 Nf4+ 55. Kh2 Nd3 56. Ra8 Ne1
57. Rc8+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 b6
7. Bb2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 Re8 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bf8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bc6 Ra7 16. Qe2 Ba8
17. N2f3 Ne7 18. Rfd1 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Qa8 21. Rc4
b5 22. Rc2 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Rdc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qe8 26. Qc8
Ra8 27. Qb7 Nd5 28. g3 f6 29. Nd7 b4 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. e4 Ne7
32. Rc7 Ng6 33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Qxa8+ Nf8 35. axb4 Qd7 36. b5
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. b4 Nc6 16. a3 Nb6 17. Nf1 Be6
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Rad1 cxb4 22. axb4
d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Ng5 a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5
27. Ra1 Nb7 28. Qe3 Qc6 29. Qh3 h5 30. c4 Be6 31. Qg3 Bf5
32. Bb3 Rxd3 33. cxb5 Qc3 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. f3 Red8 36. Bxg6
Qd4+ 37. Kh1 h4 38. Bxf5 hxg3 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Nxd4 R3xd4
41. hxg3 Kf6 42. Be4 Nd6 43. b6 Nxe4 44. Rxe4 Rd1+ 45. Re1
R1d6 46. Reb1 Rb8 47. b7 Rd7 48. Ra7 e4 49. Kg1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a4 h6
12. d4 Nc4 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nxb2 15. Rf1 Nc4 16. Bf4
Be6 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Na5 20. Bd2 Nb3
21. Nxb3 Bxb3 22. Bxb7 Rcd8 23. Ba5 Bxa4 24. Bxc7 Rd4 25. Ba6
Ba3 26. Ra1 Bf8 27. e3 Re4 28. Bd3 Rb4 29. Ba5 Bb5 30. Bxb4
Bxd3 31. Rfd1 Be2 32. Rd4 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Rxe5 34. Rxa7 g5
35. g4 Rc5 36. Ra1 h5 37. gxh5 Bxh5 38. Rba4 f6 39. Ra7 Bf3
40. h3 Rc8 41. Kh2 Bd5 42. Rd1 Be6 43. Rd6 Re8 44. Kg3 f5
45. h4 f4+ 46. exf4 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Bf7 48. Kg5 Rc8 49. f5 Rb8
50. Rg6+ Bxg6 51. fxg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Guliskhan Nakhbayeva"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. Ne4 Nf5 10. c3 Qd5 11. Qe2 Be6
12. g4 Nh6 13. Nd6+ exd6 14. c4 Qxf3 15. Qxf3 dxe5 16. Be3
Nxg4 17. Bxc5 O-O-O 18. O-O Bf5 19. Rfd1 Kb8 20. h3 Nf6
21. Qe3 b6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6+ Kc8 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Rac1
Bc8 26. Qb5+ Bb7 27. c5 Rd5 28. Qb3 Kc8 29. c6 Ba8 30. Qa4 Kc7
31. Qa7+ Kd6 32. Qxf7 Rg8 33. c7 Bb7 34. c8=Q Bxc8 35. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 Ngf6 11. gxf7+ Bxf7
12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Bh2 O-O 14. Qg4 Ndf6 15. Qg2 Be6 16. Bg6 Ne4
17. Nf3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Kd2 Qa3 20. Rhb1 Nf6 21. Rb3 Qa6
22. Be5 c5 23. a4 Ng4 24. Bf4 Rac8 25. a5 b5 26. dxc5 d4
27. cxd4 Bxb3 28. Qxg4 Rcd8 29. Bxh6 Qf6 30. Bf4 Bxc5 31. Qh5
Bb4+ 32. Kd3 Qxg6+ 33. Qxg6 Rc8 34. Qh5 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Bc4+
36. Kd1 Bb3+ 37. Ke2 Bc4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.26"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. a4 Rd8
12. Qe1 a6 13. Na3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. f5 h6 16. Bf4 Bd6
17. Qh4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 d4 19. Na2 Qe5 20. Bd3 b5 21. Re1 Qd5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Bb7 24. Bc4 Qc5 25. Bf1 Ne7 26. Qf2
Ned5 27. Rxd4 Re8 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Re8 30. Bf3 Ne3 31. c3
Nxf5 32. Bxb7 Nxd4 33. cxd4 Qb6 34. h3 Qxb7 35. Nc3 Qb3
36. Nab5 Ne4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Nc3 Re8 39. d5 Rb8 40. Ne4 Qxb2
41. Qf5 Re8 42. Ng3 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Qd7 Qe7 45. Qg4 Qd6
46. Kg1 Qc5+ 47. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. e3 Bg7
7. d4 O-O 8. d5 b5 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. cxb5 Qb6 12. a4
Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb7 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 d6 17. Bh6
Re8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. a5 Nbd7 20. a6 Qb6 21. Qc3 e6 22. Bh3
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 d5 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Qf4 Qxb5 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Qh4
h5 28. Qf4 e5 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qc1 Qc6 31. b4 c4 32. Qc3 f6
33. f4 e4 34. Qd4 Nb6 35. Ra1 Qd6 36. Rab1 Rac8 37. Re3 Rc7
38. Ra3 e3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Qxe3 d4 41. Qf3 d3 42. f5 Qd4+
43. Kg2 Nd5 44. fxg6 Ne3+ 45. Kh1 d2 46. Qxh5 Qd5+ 47. Qxd5
Nxd5 48. Rd1 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7
7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O b5 9. Bc2 Bg7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Nb3 O-O 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Na5 Rfc8
17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxc6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bd3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
Qxe4 27. Qd8+ Bf8 28. h3 Kg7 29. Bh6+ Kxh6 30. Qxf8+ Kg5
31. Qxf7 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb2 33. h4+ Kxh4 34. Qf6+ Kh5 35. Qxe5+
Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Qxc7+ Kf8 38. Qc5+ Ke8 39. Qxc4 Qxf2
40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qxh7+ Kf6 42. Qh8+ Ke6 43. Qg8+ Ke5 44. Qc4
Qe3 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qc6+ Ke7 47. Qf3 Qe5+ 48. Kh3 Qc5 49. Kg3
Qg5+ 50. Kf2 Qh4+ 51. g3 Qh2+ 52. Qg2 Qh6 53. Qe4+ Kd7
54. Qd5+ Kc8 55. c4 Qh2+ 56. Kf3 Qh1+ 57. Kg4 Qh2 58. Qc6+ Kb8
59. Qb6+ Ka8 60. Qa6+ Kb8 61. Qd6+ Ka8 62. Qe5 Kb7 63. c5 Kc6
64. Qd6+ Kb5 65. c6 Qh5+ 66. Kf4 Qf5+ 67. Ke3 Qg5+ 68. Kf2
Qf5+ 69. Kg1 Qe4 70. Qb8+ Ka6 71. Qc8+ Kb5 72. Qb8+ Ka6
73. Qb7+ Ka5 74. Kf2 Qf5+ 75. Ke3 Qe5+ 76. Kd2 Qd4+ 77. Kc2
Qc4+ 78. Kb2 Qd4+ 79. Ka2 Qd2+ 80. Kb1 Qd1+ 81. Kb2 Qd2+
82. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nafisa Muminova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nxe4 10. Qf4 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baira Kovanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4
12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nh7 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 Bc5 16. Qf3 Rb8
17. Rh3 Rb7 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qg6 Qd8
22. Be5 Bd6 23. f4 c5 24. Bxa6 Rff7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Nb5 Bf8
27. a4 d4 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. c3 Bd7 31. cxd4 Bxb5
32. axb5 Bd6 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. h5 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5
37. Rd5 Bd4 38. Rd6 Rxb5 39. b3 Rb7 40. Kd2 Bc5 41. Re6 Bb4+
42. Kd3 Rd7+ 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Kxe5 Rd7 46. Ke4 Bd2
47. g4 Rb7 48. Rd3 Bc1 49. Rgd6 Re7+ 50. Kf5 Rf7+ 51. Ke6 Rf4
52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Nb6 12. Bb3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Be6 14. Bc2 Qh4 15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. b3
Nd5 17. Be4 c6 18. f4 Qxe1 19. Raxe1 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Ba5
Re8 22. Bd3 Bd5 23. Bc3 Ne4 24. Be5 Nc5 25. Bf5 a5 26. Re3 Be6
27. Bc2 Bf7 28. Rg3 g6 29. h4 Nd7 30. Bc3 Nf8 31. h5 Bd5
32. hxg6 hxg6 33. f5 Re2 34. Rf2 Rae8 35. fxg6 Rxf2 36. Kxf2
Be4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Bxa5 Nd7 39. Bc3 Ne5 40. g7 b5 41. Rh3
Kxg7 42. Re3 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Rfe1
Be7 12. Re3 Qc7 13. Rae1 Qc5 14. Qd2 Bd8 15. Rd3 Bb6 16. e5
Bc6 17. exd6 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qa5 19. b4 Qf5 20. Nd4 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Kb8 22. Ng3 Qg6 23. c4 h5 24. b5 axb5 25. Qa5 b4
26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Qa5+ Kb8 28. Qc7+ Ka8 29. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 a6
7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 9. Qd1 e6 10. Be2 Ne7 11. b4 Nf5
12. Bf4 Nc6 13. O-O g6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Bd6 a5
17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Nb3 Ra4 20. Nd2 Ra3 21. Rb1 Be5
22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Re1 Ng6 24. Qc1 Rxa2 25. Nf3 O-O 26. h4 f6
27. Rb6 e5 28. Qb1 Ra7 29. Rd6 Qc8 30. Rxd5 Ne7 31. Rd6 Qxc5
32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Rd7 Ng6 34. Qe6 b5 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qxf5 Qg7
37. Rd1 Nf4 38. g3 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Qg6 40. Qxg6 hxg6 41. Rd7 Nxc3
42. Rb7 Kg8 43. g4 Rd8 44. h5 g5 45. Nh2 Rd4 46. f3 Rd2+
47. Kh1 Rb2 48. Nf1 e4 49. fxe4 Nxe4 50. Ne3 Rb3 51. Nd5 Nf2+
52. Kg1 Nxg4 53. Ne7+ Kf8 54. Nf5 Rh3 55. h6 Nxh6 56. Kg2 g4
57. Nd4 Re3 58. Kf2 Re4 59. Nxb5 Rb4 60. Rh7 Rxb5 61. Rxh6 Kg7
62. Rh4 f5 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Rh8 Rb3+ 65. Kg2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4
7. d5 Ne5 8. Na3 g6 9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 f5 11. Bd3 Bg7
12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Bg5 O-O-O 16. Qxe7
Rde8 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. f3 Bd3 19. Kf2 a6 20. Re3 Rxe3
21. Kxe3 c4 22. Kd2 h6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Re1 Re5 25. Nc2 Bxc2
26. Kxc2 Rxd5 27. g4 b5 28. f4 a5 29. Bd2 Rd3 30. a4 b4
31. cxb4 Rb3 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 axb4 34. cxb4 d5 35. f5
gxf5 36. gxf5 d4 37. Re4 d3+ 38. Kc1 Rxb4 39. f6 Rxa4 40. f7
Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Rf1 42. Rxc4 Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6
7. e3 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nf8 10. g4 Bd7 11. Bf4 Ne6
12. Be5 c5 13. dxc5 Bc6 14. Bf3 Nd7 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 Nb6
17. a4 a5 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. d7+ Nbxd7 20. Qa3 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nb4
22. Rhc1 Ne5 23. Na2 Qb6 24. Qc3 Qa6+ 25. Kd1 Nxf3 26. Nxf3
Qf1+ 27. Ne1 d4 28. exd4 O-O 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Rfe8
31. Kc2 Qxf2+ 32. Kb1 Rac8 33. Nd3 Be4 34. Ra3 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1
Qf1+ 36. Kc2 Rc8+ 37. Kd2 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Qf2+ 39. Kd1 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Daria Charochkina"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qa4 13. O-O e6 14. Rfe1 Be7 15. a3 Rd8 16. b4 O-O
17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Nxg7 Nf8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne5
Kg7 22. Re1 N6h7 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Rg3+ Ng5 25. f4 Rd8 26. Nf3
Nfh7 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3
Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Nf1 Nxe4
17. Bxh6 Bf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Nxf2 20. Qd2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Nxh3+ 22. gxh3 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Qf6 24. Re4 c6 25. Rf4 Qg7
26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxc6 Rac8 28. Be4 Rc4 29. Bd5 Rc2 30. b3
Re8 31. Rf1 Ree2 32. Nh4 f5 33. Rd1 Kf6 34. Bf3 Red2 35. Rxd2
Rxd2 36. Kf1 Bxd4 37. Be2 Be5 38. Nxg6 Kxg6 39. Rf2 Rb2
40. Rg2+ Kf6 41. Rg8 Rxb3 42. h4 Rh3 43. h5 Bc3 44. Kg2 Rh4
45. Ra8 Bxa5 46. Rxa6 Bb4 47. Rb6 Re4 48. Bxb5 Kg5 49. Bd3 Rd4
50. Be2 Re4 51. Bf3 Rc4 52. Be2 Rc2 53. Kf1 Bc5 54. Rb8 f4
55. Rg8+ Kh4 56. Rf8 Kh3 57. Ke1 Rc1+ 58. Kd2 Be3+ 59. Kd3 Kg3
60. Ke4 Rc2 61. Rg8+ Kf2 62. Bg4 f3 63. Kd3 Rd2+ 64. Kc3 Ke2
65. Rf8 Rd3+ 66. Kc2 Bh6 67. Rf6 Bg7 68. Rf7 Rc3+ 69. Kb1 Be5
70. h6 Kf2 71. h7 Kg3 72. Bh5 f2 73. Be2 Re3 74. Ba6 Kg2
75. Kc2 Ra3 76. Bb5 Rh3 77. Kd2 Bc3+ 78. Kc2 Bd4 79. Bd3 d5
80. Rf5 Ba1 81. Rf8 Rxd3 82. Kxd3 f1=Q+ 83. Rxf1 Kxf1 84. Ke3
Bh8 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7
7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. c4 dxc4
12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 bxc6 14. Bxc4 Be7 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Nb5
Bd8 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Bg5+ f6 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. Bh4 Bb6
21. Be2 Ne5 22. Kf1 Bc7 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rhd8 25. Bg3 e5
26. f3 Bb6 27. Be1 Bd4 28. Bb4+ Ke8 29. Rd2 a5 30. Ba3 Be3
31. Re2 Bh6 32. Bc5 Rab8 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 35. g3 Rb5
36. Ba3 Rbd5 37. f4 Kf7 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rae1 Bd2 40. Rf1 Ke6
41. Bf8 a4 42. Kg2 Rd7 43. Rff2 Be3 44. Rf3 Bb6 45. Bh6 Rxf3
46. Kxf3 Rd3+ 47. Kg4 Bd4 48. h4 c5 49. h5 Rd1 50. Rc2 Kd5
51. b3 axb3 52. axb3 Rd3 53. Ra2 Rxb3 54. Ra7 Bf2 55. Rxh7 Ke4
56. Kg5 Bxg3 57. Bf8 Bf4+ 58. Kg4 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 Kf3 60. Bh6
Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Zimina"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Re1 d5 12. Nbd2
dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. a4
Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Nb3 Qe7 22. Nh4
g6 23. Ra6 Kg7 24. Nd2 Nd8 25. Nf1 Ne6 26. Ne3 Qd8 27. Qd2 Qg5
28. Be2 Bc8 29. Ra5 Bb7 30. Nf3 Qd8 31. Bxb5 c6 32. Bd3 c5
33. Ng4 Ng5 34. Nxg5 hxg5 35. Bb5 Rh8 36. Ra7 cxb4 37. cxb4
Qb6 38. Qxg5 Bxb4 39. Rb1 Rh5 40. Qf6+ Qxf6 41. Nxf6 Kxf6
42. Rxb4 Bc8 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Bc4+ Be6 45. Bxe6+ Kxe6
46. Rxb8 Rh7 47. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natascha Bojkovic"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6
7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 Ba7 9. a4 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 Bb7
12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Rxa7 Nxa7 14. b4 Re8 15. Nbd2 Nc8 16. Bb3 h6
17. Re1 c5 18. Qb1 Qc7 19. Ba2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5
22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 e4 24. Nxe4 Ne7 25. Ned2 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qb7
27. Nb3 Bc4 28. Qd1 Nd5 29. Nc5 Qa8 30. Qd2 Qa3 31. Rb1 Nc3
32. Re1 Qxb4 33. h3 Nd5 34. Rc1 Qxd2 35. Nxd2 Nf4 36. Rb1 Ne2+
37. Kh2 Nxd4 38. Nd7 Be6 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nef3 Nxf3+ 41. Nxf3
Rb8 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Nb3 Rc8 46. Nd4
Rb8 47. Nb3 Kd6 48. Rd1+ Kc7 49. Nc5 Bc8 50. Ke3 Kb6 51. Nb3
b4 52. Rd8 Ra8 53. Kd4 Bb7 54. Rd7 Bxg2 55. Rxg7 Bf1 56. Rd7
Rc8 57. Nd2 Bxh3 58. Rh7 Rd8+ 59. Ke3 Re8+ 60. Kd4 Bf5
61. Rxh6 Rd8+ 62. Kc4 Be6+ 63. Kxb4 Rxd2 64. Rxf6 Re2 65. f4
Re4+ 66. Kc3 Kc5 67. f5 Bd5 68. Rf8 Re3+ 69. Kd2 Kd4 70. f6
Rf3 71. Ke2 Rf5 72. Kd2 Rf4 73. f7 Bxf7 74. Ke1 Ke3 75. Rd8
Rg4 76. Kd1 Bg6 77. Kc1 Rb4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. g5
Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfc8
17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. Qe3 b4 20. Ne2 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. b3 Ng6 23. h4 Nxh4 24. Bh1 Bxg5 25. Qg1 Ng6 26. Rd3 Rxc2
27. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 28. Bb2 Bf6 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ 30. Ke3 h6 31. Red1
Bg5+ 32. Kf2 Nf4 33. Re3 Bc6 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. Ke1 Nxe2 36. Rxe2
Qc3+ 37. Kf2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6
12. a3 c5 13. Ba2 Qc7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Bb1 Nf8 16. Bg3 Qc6
17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Nh5 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Qd3
Be7 22. Bb8 b5 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd2 N8d7 26. Bc7
b4 27. axb4 Bxb4 28. Nde4 Ne8 29. Bd8 f5 30. Na2 Bf8 31. Nec3
Nd6 32. Nc1 Kf7 33. Nd3 g5 34. Ba2 Ne4 35. Ne2 Nec5 36. Nxc5
Nxc5 37. Nd4 Bc8 38. Bc7 Kf6 39. b4 Nd3 40. b5 e5 41. Bd8+ Kg6
42. Be6 exd4 43. Bxc8 dxe3 44. fxe3 axb5 45. Ba6 Bc5 46. Bxb5
Bxe3+ 47. Kf1 Nf4 48. Be8+ Kg7 49. Bd7 Kg6 50. Be8+ Kg7
51. Bd7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nd5 10. a3 b6 11. e4 N5f6
12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Nb8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nc6
17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Rac1 Na5 20. b4 Nb3 21. Rc2 Bb5
22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Ba4 24. Rb1 Qd7 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. d4 Bb5
27. Qc2 Ba4 28. Qe2 Bb5 29. Qc2 Ba4 30. Qe2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kristyna Havlikova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. g4 g6
17. h4 Ne5 18. g5 h5 19. Rhe1 Be7 20. Bg1 O-O 21. Qe2 Nc4
22. c3 e5 23. Nc2 d5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Qc2 Rfd8
27. Be4 a5 28. Qd3 Ba6 29. Rc1 Na4 30. Ng2 Rb8 31. Qc2 Rdc8
32. Qb3 Qd7 33. Red1 b4 34. c4 Nc3+ 35. Rxc3 bxc3 36. Qxc3
Rxc4 37. Qxa5 Ra4 38. Qd2 Bc4 39. b3 Bxb3 40. axb3 Rxb3+
41. Kc2 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Katharina Newrkla"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Bd3 b6
12. Be4 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. c4 Rc8 15. a4 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Bxc4
17. Qb2 Qb8 18. d5 O-O 19. Bc3 f6 20. Qb1 f5 21. dxe6 fxe4
22. exd7 exf3 23. dxc8=Q Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 fxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bd5+
26. Kf1 Qxc8 27. Bd4 Qh3+ 28. Ke1 Bf4 29. Rc3 Re8+ 30. Be3 Be5
31. Qc1 Bf3 32. Rd3 Bxa1 33. Qc4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Kantane"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Ne8
13. b3 Bd7 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1 Ng7 16. N3h2 Nb7 17. Bh6 c4
18. Qd2 cxb3 19. axb3 Rfc8 20. Re3 Nd8 21. Rf3 f6 22. Ne3 Nf7
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 Qb6 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Nhg4 b4 27. cxb4 Qd4
28. Qe1 Bb5 29. Ra2 Rc3 30. Rf3 Rac8 31. Nxf6 Nh6 32. h5 Kg7
33. Bd1 Bxf6 34. Nc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 Bg5 37. Qc3
Qxc3 38. Rxc3 gxh5 39. Bd3 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 Nf7 41. Rd1 Kf6
42. Kf1 Nd8 43. Ra1 Bd2 44. Rxa6 Bxb4 45. Ra8 Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kf6
47. Rd7 Nf7 48. Rb7 Bc3 49. b4 Nd8 50. Rd7 Bxb4 51. Rxd8 h4
52. Rg8 Bd2 53. Ke2 Bc1 54. Kd3 h6 55. Kc4 Bd2 56. Re8 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e3 a5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d4 Qb8 11. Qc2 a4 12. Rad1
Ra5 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 cxb3 16. axb3 a3
17. Ba1 b5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Na2 Qb6 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. dxc5 Qxc6
22. Nxb4 Qb7 23. Bc3 Rxc5 24. Nd3 Rd5 25. Nf4 Rd7 26. Qc4 Qe4
27. Qb5 c6 28. Qa6 e5 29. Ne2 Bc5 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Ne4
32. Bxe5 Nd2 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Ra8 36. Ra1
a2 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jolanta Zawadzka"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rd7
17. Re2 Qd8 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. f5 e5 20. Bf2 d5 21. Bh4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nc5 Rc7 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Re4
Rd7 27. Rfe1 Qc7 28. Qh5 Red8 29. g4 g6 30. Qh3 Rd4 31. Qg3
Qe7 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Bg5 34. Kg2 Bc1 35. a4 Qc5 36. axb5
axb5 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Qf6 Rf8 39. Rxe5 Qd4 40. Qe6+ Kg7
41. Re2 Bxb2 42. Qe4 b4 43. g5 Rf4 44. Qxd4+ Bxd4 45. Kg3 Rf7
46. h4 Bc3 47. Re8 Rc7 48. Kg4 Kf7 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. Be4 Rd7
51. Rb5 Kf7 52. Bd5+ Kg7 53. h5 gxh5+ 54. Kxh5 Bd2 55. Bb3 Kf8
56. Kh6 Rc7 57. Rf5+ Ke8 58. Ba4+ Ke7 59. Kxh7 Ke6+ 60. Kg6
Bc3 61. Bb3+ Kd6 62. Rd5+ Ke7 63. Rb5 Kd6 64. Rb6+ Ke5 65. Rf6
Ke4 66. Rf7 Rc5 67. Rf2 Bd4 68. Rf8 Be3 69. Re8+ Re5 70. Ba4
Rxe8 71. Bxe8 Ke5 72. Bf7 Kd6 73. Kf5 Ke7 74. g6 Bd4 75. Ke4
Bc3 76. Kd3 Kf8 77. Kc4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ticia Gara"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O g6 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Ne4 Qe5
12. d3 Nd7 13. Qf3 Qf5 14. Qg3 Nf6 15. Re1 b6 16. Nb5 Bb7
17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Ne6 Rxd3 19. f3 Rc8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bc2 c4
22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qg5 Rd8 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Bf4 Rd5 26. Nd4
Nxd4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxe7 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf4 30. Re3 Rc4
31. Rxd3 Rc2 32. Rad1 Rxb2 33. R1d2 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Nh5 35. Ra3
Nf4 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. Ra4 Ne6 38. Ra3 Nc5 39. Ra8 Kg7 40. Rad8
Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf6 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Rb1 44. Rg2 f4 45. Rg1
Rb4 46. Re1 Kf5 47. Ree2 Na4 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. Red2 Nc3
50. R5d3 Rc4 51. Rd6+ Ke5 52. Rxb6 Ra4 53. Rb7 f6 54. Rxh7
Nxa2 55. h4 Nc3 56. Rc7 Ra3 57. h5 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Meri Arabidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4
12. Qc2 Rf6 13. d5 Rh6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Rfd1 c5 16. bxc5
Nexc5 17. Qxf5 Rg6 18. Rd5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rf8
21. Kf1 Nf6 22. h3 Nfe4 23. Bd4 Rh6 24. Ke1 Qf7 25. a4 Qg6
26. Bf1 Rxh3 27. a5 Rh1 28. axb6 Qxg2 29. Qe2 Nd3+ 30. Qxd3
Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6
12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. Qe2 h5 14. h3 Bxd2 15. Bxd2 h4 16. hxg4 hxg3
17. fxg3 Qd5 18. e4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfb1 Bd3 21. Rd1
Bxe4 22. b3 Rd8 23. Be1 Rd5 24. Kf2 Rh2+ 25. Ke3 Rxe5 26. Bc3
Re6 27. Rd2 Bd5+ 28. Kf4 Re4+ 29. Kf5 Rh3 30. Bxg7 Rxg3
31. Rh1 Rgxg4 32. Rh8+ Kd7 33. Bf6 Kd6 34. Rd8+ Kc5 35. Rc2+
Kb6 36. Bg5 Be6+ 37. Kf6 c5 38. Rb8+ Kc6 39. Ra8 Re1 40. Rf2
Reg1 41. Be3 Rg6+ 42. Ke7 Kb7 43. Rd8 Re1 44. Bxc5 f5 45. Rd4
Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Be2
b5 13. Qg3 O-O 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. b4
Na4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Be4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bg5 22. Ne2
Bd2 23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Nxf4 Bxe4 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rxd2 Rxd2
27. Qe3 Bxg2 28. Nxg2 Rxc2 29. Qg3 Qd7 30. Nf4 Qd2 31. Be3 Qc3
32. Nh5 g6 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Bc5+ Re7 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Rd1
Rxc5 37. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6
7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 g6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nge2 f5 11. Nf4 Ndf6
12. Nxh5 Nxh5 13. Be5 O-O 14. f3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Bxe5 16. dxe5
Qe7 17. f4 Be6 18. Kb1 Rab8 19. Be2 Ng7 20. h3 b5 21. Bf3 Rfd8
22. Rd2 b4 23. Na4 Rdc8 24. Nc5 Bf7 25. Rc1 a5 26. b3 Qa7
27. g4 a4 28. Be2 axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 30. Qb2 Qe7 31. Bd3 Ra5
32. Rdc2 Be8 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qd4 Rca8 35. Rg2 Bg6 36. Rcc2
Qh4 37. Na4 Ne6 38. Qxb4 c5 39. Qb6 Nf8 40. Rxc5 Rxa4 41. bxa4
Qxh3 42. Re2 Rxa4 43. Qb3 Qh1+ 44. Kc2 Qa1 45. Kd2 Ra2+
46. Rc2 Ra5 47. Re1 Qa4 48. Qxa4 Rxa4 49. Rg1 Kf7 50. Rc7+ Ke6
51. Bb5 Rb4 52. Ra1 d4 53. Ra6+ Kd5 54. Rd6+ Ke4 55. Bc6# 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. e5 e6
7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd1 Nf5 15. a3 Ng4 16. c3 bxc3
17. bxc3 a5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nf6 21. Nf2 Nh5
22. Rab1 Qd8 23. Nh3 Qh4 24. Qg2 d5 25. Bd3 Bh6 26. Qg4 Qe7
27. a4 Rab8 28. Ng5 Bg7 29. Qg2 Qd6 30. Bb5 Nxf4 31. Qg4 Nh5
32. Nh3 Qe7 33. Nf2 Bh6 34. f4 Qc7 35. Nd1 Nf6 36. Qf3 Ne4
37. Be1 Nfd6 38. Nf2 Nxf2 39. Rxf2 Ne4 40. Rf1 Rfc8 41. Rb3
Nd6 42. Bd2 Rb6 43. Qh3 Bg7 44. Qd3 Rcb8 45. Rfb1 Ne4 46. Be3
Bh6 47. Rf1 Nd6 48. Bd2 Qb7 49. Rfb1 Qe7 50. Qh3 Kg7 51. Bc1
Qf6 52. Qg4 Ne4 53. Be3 Rc8 54. Rc1 Rb7 55. c4 dxc4 56. Ra3
Qe7 57. Ra2 Nf6 58. Qf3 Rbc7 59. Bd2 c3 60. Rxc3 Nd5 61. Rb3
Rc2 62. Rbb2 Rxb2 63. Rxb2 Qf6 64. Qe4 Bxf4 65. Bxf4 Nxf4
66. Qe3 Nd5 67. Qe5 Rc1+ 68. Kg2 Nf4+ 69. Kf3 Rc3+ 70. Ke4 Nd5
71. Bd3 Ra3 72. h4 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+
Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2 b5 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Rb8
12. axb5 axb5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. b3 Nb4 16. Qb2 Bc6
17. d5 exd5 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Rfd1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3
f5 22. Qxh7 Bf6 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Qg7+ Kd6
26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Ra6+ Rb6 28. Qg3+ Kc5 29. Rxb6 Kxb6 30. Qe5
Rd6 31. b4 Qf6 32. Qf4 Rc6 33. h4 Rc4 34. Rb3 Qg6 35. Qg5 Qd6
36. g3 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 Qxb4 38. Qd8 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2
Qe8 41. Qf6+ Ka5 42. Nb3+ Kb4 43. Qb2 c5 44. Nc1+ Ka5 45. Nb3+
Kb4 46. Nc1+ Ka5 47. Qa3+ Kb6 48. Nb3 Qe7 49. h5 f4 50. exf4
d4 51. h6 d3 52. Qa5+ Kb7 53. Qa3 Kb6 54. Qa5+ Kb7 55. Qc3 c4
56. Na5+ Ka6 57. Nxc4 bxc4 58. Qxc4+ Bb5 59. Qd4 Qe6 60. Qa1+
Kb6 61. Qd4+ Ka6 62. Qa1+ Kb6 63. Qd4+ Ka6 64. Qa1+ Kb6
65. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. c3 O-O
7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 Nxe4 9. Qc2 Nxf2 10. Nxb6 Nxh1 11. Nxa8 d5
12. d3 Bf5 13. b5 e4 14. Bg5 f6 15. bxc6 fxg5 16. cxb7 g4
17. Ne5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qxh2 19. O-O-O Nf2 20. Qb3 c6 21. b8=Q
Nxd1 22. Bxd1 exd3 23. Q3b4 Qh6+ 24. Kb1 c5 25. Q4b7 Qe6
26. Q8c7 Qf6 27. Qxd5+ Be6 28. Qdb7 h5 29. Nd7 Qf1 30. Kc1 Rf7
31. Qcb8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Bf5 33. Qef4 d2+ 34. Qxd2 Rxd7 35. Qbf4
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6
7. Nc3 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Bf4 Qb8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. f3 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxe2
21. Qxc6 Qxb2 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qa2 Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Qa4 25. Rfe1
Rae8 26. Qc5 h6 27. Rac1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. h3 Qd4+
30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Re5 Ra4 32. Rxf5 Rxa3 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. g4 g5
35. Kg3 a5 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rb5 a4 39. Rb6+ Kf7
40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Rb5 Kf6 43. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bxc5
12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. a3 a6
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. Qa1 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. b4 Qb6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Qe5 Qc6 26. h3 Bf8
27. Qd4 Qc2 28. Bh5 Qc4 29. Qa7 Qc6 30. Kh2 Ra8 31. Qd4 a5
32. Qf6 Bg7 33. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 a6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4 Bd6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. d3
a5 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 e5 16. e4 Rfe8 17. Nh4 g6
18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Nf1 Nfd7 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Nf3
Ncd7 23. d4 Rc8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5
27. f4 Qg7 28. e5 h5 29. Bh3 Bb7 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qc5 h4
32. g4 Qh6 33. Rd4 h3 34. Rcd1 Qh4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qe5 Qe7
37. f5 c5 38. Rd6 Rc6 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Qh5+ Kf6
42. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "189"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5
7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 Rb8 9. Ng3 c5 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bc4 e6 12. Qe2
cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. h4 h5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Ng5
O-O 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rfd1 Kg7 20. Qd2 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Be2
Nce4 23. N5xe4 dxe4 24. Qxb4 e3 25. Qc3 exf2+ 26. Kh2 Qxc3
27. bxc3 Bc8 28. Rf1 Rb2 29. Rac1 Ra2 30. Rxf2 Rxa5 31. Rf4
Be6 32. c4 Rc8 33. Rcf1 Nd7 34. Ne4 Ne5 35. Ng5 Bxc4 36. Bxc4
Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Nxc4 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Ne4 Ng4+
41. Kg3 Ra3+ 42. c3 Ra5 43. c4 Kf8 44. c5 Ke8 45. Nd6+ Kf8
46. Nb7 Ra4 47. c6 Ne5 48. Rc8+ Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Nd6 Ra3+
51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Rc2 53. Ne8+ Ke6 54. Ng7+ Kd6 55. Ne8+
Ke6 56. Ng7+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Ke4 58. Re7 Rxc6 59. Ne6 Rc3+
60. Kf2 Rc2+ 61. Kg3 Rc3+ 62. Kf2 Ng4+ 63. Ke2 Rc2+ 64. Ke1
Ke5 65. Ng5+ Kd6 66. Re6+ Kd5 67. Rxa6 Rxg2 68. Rxg6 Ke5
69. Rg8 Kf4 70. Rh8 Rg1+ 71. Kd2 Rg2+ 72. Kc3 Nf6 73. Rf8 Ke5
74. Nf3+ Ke6 75. Nd4+ Ke7 76. Rh8 Rg3+ 77. Kc4 Rg4 78. Kc5 Rf4
79. Ra8 Kf7 80. Ra7+ Kg6 81. Nc6 Rxh4 82. Ne5+ Kf5 83. Nf3 Rf4
84. Nd4+ Kg4 85. Rg7+ Kh3 86. Ne6 Rf5+ 87. Kc4 Ng4 88. Nd4 Rf4
89. Kd3 Ne5+ 90. Ke3 Rg4 91. Rh7 Nc4+ 92. Kd3 Ne5+ 93. Ke3
Nc4+ 94. Kd3 Ne5+ 95. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d5 9. e3 Na6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Nbd2 Rc8
12. Rfd1 b5 13. cxd5 Ncxd5 14. e4 Nb4 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Ne4 Qb6
17. a3 Nc6 18. e6 f6 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Na5 21. b4 Nc4
22. Nc5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rac1 a6 25. Nb3 Qd6 26. Bd4
Qxa3 27. Nc5 Ba8 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rdb1 Nc3 30. Qe1 Qxb1
31. Rxb1 Nxb1 32. Qxb1 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rd8 34. Nd7 Rc8 35. Qb4
Nd6 36. Bc5 Rc6 37. Qd4 f5 38. Qd5 Rc8 39. Bxd6 exd6 40. e7+
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7
7. O-O Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. Qe2 e6 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. Rd1 Qh4
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Rf1 O-O 14. c3 Rae8 15. Nd2 f6 16. Nf3 Qh5
17. Be3 Rxe5 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Re7 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Rae1
Rfe8 22. b4 Qe5 23. a4 a5 24. b5 c5 25. Nf3 Qe6 26. c4 dxc4
27. Qxa5 b6 28. Qc3 Bd3 29. Rf2 Qd6 30. Qc1 Ra8 31. Ra2 Rea7
32. Qd1 Qe6 33. e4 Rd7 34. e5 f5 35. Qc1 h6 36. Qf4 c3
37. Raa1 Be4 38. Rac1 Qb3 39. Qe3 Rd3 40. Qf4 Bxf3 41. gxf3
Qe6 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Qg3 f4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4
12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nh7 14. h4 Qa5 15. Rh3 Bc5 16. Qf3 f6
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 e5 19. Bxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxf3 21. Rxf3
dxe4 22. Bc4+ Kh7 23. Rf7 Be3+ 24. fxe3 Qxe5 25. Kb1 Bg4
26. Rdf1 Rd8 27. a3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Be2
b5 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Bd3 g5 16. h4 gxf4 17. g5 Nfd7
18. g6 fxg6 19. Qh3 e5 20. Ne6 Nxe6 21. Qxe6 Nf8 22. Qg4 Qd7
23. Qg2 O-O-O 24. Nd5 Kb8 25. Rh3 Rc8 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Nxc8
Bxc8 28. Rhh1 Be6 29. Kb1 Rg8 30. Be2 Nd7 31. Bg4 Bf7 32. Rh3
Nf6 33. Rc3 Qb7 34. Bf3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qh1 g4 37. Bg2 f3
38. Bf1 Nxe4 39. Qh7 Nxc3+ 40. bxc3 Bf8 41. Bd3 g3 42. Be4 Qc7
43. Be3 f2 44. Kb2 d5 45. Bg2 d4 46. cxd4 Qc4 47. Qe4 Qa2+
48. Kc1 Qxa3+ 49. Kd2 Qb4+ 50. Kc1 Qa3+ 51. Kd2 Qb4+ 52. Kc1
Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 f6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Rc1
Bh3 13. Nce4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nb4 15. a3 N4d5 16. Nc5 Qg4 17. Nf3
Bxc5 18. Rxc5 c6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. b5 Nf4+ 22. Kh1
Nxe2 23. Nd2 cxb5 24. Re1 Nd4 25. Qd1 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne6
27. Rc3 Na4 28. Rb3 Nec5 29. Rxb5 Nxd3 30. Ne4 Naxb2 31. Rb1
b6 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. R5b3 f5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6
7. c3 O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. O-O Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Qb3 c6
12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Qc2 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. c4 Nf5
17. Bd2 Ra7 18. Qb2 Qc7 19. Bc3 f6 20. Nd2 Ba3 21. Qc2 Bc5
22. Nb3 Qd6 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qb2 Rfa8 25. Bg4 Qd6 26. d4 exd4
27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Bxd4 c5 29. Be3 Qc6 30. h3 Ra4 31. Rec1 Bd3
32. Qb3 Be4 33. Rc3 Bxg2 34. Bxh6 Kh7 35. Rg3 gxh6 36. Rxg2
Qe4 37. Rd1 Rg8 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 Be7 12. g5
Nd7 13. f4 b4 14. Nb1 Nc5 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. f5 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bb7 20. h4 Rfc8 21. Bb6 Nc6 22. Nc4
Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rhe1 d5 25. Nb6 dxe4 26. Nxc8 Rxc8
27. Qxd4 a5 28. Qd7 Qc5 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rd7
Bc6 32. Ra7 Bb5 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 a4 35. Rb7 Rd5 36. Kxe4
Bc6 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. Kf4+ Kd6 39. Rxb4 Rd2 40. Rc4 Rf2+
41. Ke3 Rxf5 42. Rd1+ Kc7 43. Rf4 Re5+ 44. Kd2 Re7 45. Rdf1
Rd7+ 46. Kc3 Bb5 47. R1f2 f6 48. gxf6 gxf6 49. Rxf6 Rd5
50. Rf7+ Kb6 51. R2f6+ Bc6 52. b4 Rh5 53. Re7 Kb5 54. Ree6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Bh6
Ne5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd4 Nc4 15. Qc1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. c3 e5 19. Nf5+ gxf5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+
Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "11.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 Bg7 9. d3 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 Qa5
12. O-O-O fxe5 13. Ng5 Nf7 14. Nge4 b6 15. Kb1 Nd6 16. h4 Be6
17. b3 Nb5 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. h5 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Bh6 cxb3 23. cxb3 Qb4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ng5 Qxg4 26. Qxe5+
Rf6 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rdh1 Qf5+ 29. Qxf5 Bxf5+ 30. Kb2 Rff8
31. Rxe7 Rfe8 32. Rhh7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 a5 34. Ne6 a4 35. Nd4 a3+
36. Kc3 Bb1 37. Re1 Rc8+ 38. Kb4 Bd3 39. Re6 Rd8 40. Kc3 Bb1
41. Rxb6 Rf8 42. f3 Bxa2 43. Rxg6+ Kf7 44. Rg1 Rc8+ 45. Kb4
Rd8 46. Nc6 Rd6 47. Ne5+ Ke6 48. Nc4 Rd3 49. Na5 Rxf3 50. Kxa3
Bxb3 51. Nxb3 Ke5 52. Kb4 Rf4+ 53. Kc5 Rf3 54. Re1+ Kf4
55. Nd4 Re3 56. Rh1 Ke4 57. Rh4+ Kd3 58. Kd5 Rg3 59. Nf5 Rf3
60. Rd4+ Kc3 61. Nd6 Rd3 62. Nb5+ Kd2 63. Rxd3+ Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3
g6 7. h3 Nh6 8. d3 Nf5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. c3 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Qd5 13. Qe3 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Nxc5
b6 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rhe1 h6 20. d4 Be6 21. b3
Rd7 22. Nd2 Rhd8 23. Nf3 Rd6 24. Ne5 g5 25. g4 Kc7 26. f3 a5
27. Nc4 R6d7 28. Ne3 a4 29. Kb2 c5 30. d5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5+ Rxd5
32. Rxe7+ Kc6 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxf7 axb3 35. Kxb3 Rd6 36. a4
Re6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Rxf4 Kd5 39. Rf5+ Kc6 40. h4 b5 41. a5 Re2
42. Rf6+ Kd5 43. a6 c4+ 44. Kb4 Rb2+ 45. Ka5 b4 46. cxb4 c3
47. Rf8 Kc4 48. Rc8+ Kb3 49. b5 Ra2+ 50. Kb6 c2 51. Kb7 Ra4
52. Rxc2 Kxc2 53. a7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be3 e6
7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 O-O-O 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Qb3
Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. f3 Rhe8
16. Be2 e5 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Be3 f6 20. b4 Kc7
21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Rd8 23. h4 Be6 24. Kc2 Bf5+ 25. Bd3 Bxd3+
26. Rxd3 Ra8 27. Rd1 Ra4 28. Bf2 h6 29. Kb3 Ra6 30. c4 Nb8
31. Bc5 Nc6 32. Kc3 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1 Nd8 35. Rh7+ Kc8
36. Be7 Re6 37. b4 b6 38. b5 Nb7 39. Kb4 g4 40. Rf7 gxf3
41. gxf3 e4 42. Rf8+ Kd7 43. Bxf6 exf3 44. Bd4 Re4 45. Rf7+
Kc8 46. Rf8+ Kd7 47. Kc3 Nd6 48. Rxf3 Ke6 49. Re3 Kd7 50. Kd3
Rxe3+ 51. Bxe3 Ne4 52. Kxe4 Kc7 53. Kd5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nd7
7. e4 Bh7 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. b3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ngf6
12. Bb2 O-O 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nc5 15. Nfd2 Nd7 16. c4 Nb4
17. Nf3 c5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nd6 Nb8 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rf1 Nc6
22. Rd2 N2d4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd6
26. exd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. b4 b6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Be4 f5
31. Bg2 Re8 32. Rc1 e5 33. Bd5+ Kh8 34. c5 e4 35. c6 f4
36. Qg4 e3 37. Qd7 exf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qe5 39. Kg2 Bf5 40. Qf7 Qe2+
41. Kh1 f3 42. Rg1 f2 43. Qxf5 fxg1=Q+ 44. Kxg1 Qd2 45. Bg2
Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Qxc6 47. Bd3 g6 48. Qxg6 Qxg6 49. Bxg6 Re3 50. a4
Rb3 51. b5 Rb2 52. Be4 Ra2 53. Bc6 Kg7 54. h4 Kf6 55. Bg2 Rxa4
56. Kh2 a6 57. bxa6 Rxa6 58. Kh3 Ra3 59. Bc6 Rc3 60. Be8 Rc5
61. g4 b5 62. Kg3 b4 63. Ba4 b3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "15.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 O-O-O 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 11. Be2 e6
12. Qa4 Bc5 13. O-O Bxd4 14. cxd4 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Be4 16. Qb4 Qd6
17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qe3 Bd5 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rhc8 21. b3 h6
22. h3 Ne4 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Nb6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1
Qc7 27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Nxd5+ exd5 29. Bd3 Nc3 30. a3 a5 31. f3
b5 32. Kf2 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Bc2 Nb5 36. Bd3
Nc7 37. Bf5 Ke7 38. h4 g6 39. Bd3 g5 40. Bf5 Kf6 41. Bd7 Ke7
42. Bf5 Kf6 43. Bd7 Ke7 44. Bf5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "16.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Re8 10. Bf3 Bf8 11. h3 a6
12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Ba1 b5
17. Rd1 b4 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 a5 21. Rfe1 Qc8
22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bf5 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Qf4 c6
27. Nf6+ Nxf6 28. exf6 Bf8 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Be5 Rb5 31. Bd6 Rf5
32. Qd4 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 c5 34. Qd2 Rxf6 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qxa5
Bxh3 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Qc3 Be6 39. Rc1 Qa6 40. Rc2 Bf5 41. Rf2
Qd6 42. g4 Kg8 43. gxf5 Rxf5 44. Qe3 Re5 45. Qc1 Qd4 46. Qd1
Qf4 47. Qd2 Qg3+ 48. Bg2 h5 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qf6+ Kh6 51. Qh8+
Kg5 52. Qf6+ Kh6 53. Qxf7 Re1+ 54. Rf1 Qe3+ 55. Kh1 Rxf1+
56. Qxf1 h4 57. Qf3 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Kh3 g5 60. Qf8+ Kg6
61. Qg8+ Kh6 62. Qf8+ Kg6 63. Qf3 Kh6 64. Qc6+ Kg7 65. Qd7+
Kh6 66. Qd3 Qe6+ 67. Kh2 Qe5+ 68. Kh1 Qe1+ 69. Qf1 Qe5 70. a4
g4 71. a5 Qd6 72. a6 h3 73. Bxh3 gxh3 74. Qxh3+ Kg7 75. Qg2+
Kf8 76. Qf3+ Ke7 77. a7 Qh6+ 78. Kg2 Qd2+ 79. Kf1 Qc1+ 80. Kf2
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "17.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxe5 11. Bxc6+
bxc6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qf4 Qe7 14. Qa4 Qd6 15. Qf4 O-O 16. Qxd6
cxd6 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. Rhf1 Ng4 19. Rf4 Ne5 20. Rdf1 f6
21. Ra4 Re7 22. Ra6 Rc7 23. Rf4 Nd7 24. d4 Nf8 25. Kd2 Ne6
26. Rf1 Re8 27. h4 Nd8 28. Kd3 Rce7 29. Rf3 Kf7 30. Nd1 Ke6
31. c4 dxc4+ 32. bxc4 Rb7 33. Nc3 Kd7 34. Rf2 Kc7 35. Ra5 Nf7
36. Rh5 Nh6 37. Re2 Re7 38. Ra5 Ng4 39. e4 Re8 40. c5 Rd8
41. cxd6+ Rxd6 42. Kc4 Kb8 43. e5 fxe5 44. dxe5 Re6 45. Re4 h5
46. Ne2 Rb6 47. Nd4 Re7 48. e6 Nf6 49. Ree5 g6 50. Kc5 Kb7
51. Kd6 Re8 52. Rac5 Ng8 53. e7 Rb4 54. Nxc6 Rb6 55. Kd7 Nf6+
56. Ke6 Ng4 57. Kf7 Rxc6 58. Kxe8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "18.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "242"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7
7. h3 Bf5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3
Ngf6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. O-O-O c5 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rde1 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Nf3 Nce4 21. Qe3 Bc5
22. Qe2 Nxf2 23. Rh4 N2g4 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nd4 Rfd8
27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Bc1 b4 29. Rh3 Qc5 30. Rhd3 Nd5 31. Qg4 Nf6
32. Qe2 Qxh5 33. g4 Qxg4 34. Qf1 Bc5 35. Nb3 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Bb6
37. Rf1 Qe4 38. Qd2 Rd8 39. Qh2 Ng4 40. Qh4 Nf6 41. Qh2 e5
42. Bxh6 Ng4 43. Qh4 Rc8 44. Bc1 Qxc2+ 45. Ka1 Qc4 46. Rh1 f6
47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qg6 Nf2 50. Qxg7+ Qf7 51. Qg2
Nxh1 52. Qxh1 Rc7 53. Bd2 Qg6 54. Bxb4+ Kf7 55. Qd5+ Kg7
56. a3 e4 57. Qd6 Rf7 58. Ka2 e3 59. Qe6 Rc7 60. Qd6 Rf7
61. Qe6 Qg5 62. a4 Kg6 63. a5 Bc7 64. Qe4+ Qf5 65. Qxe3 Be5
66. Qg1+ Kh7 67. Qh1+ Kg7 68. Qg2+ Qg5 69. Qc2 Rb7 70. Qc5 Kg6
71. Qc2+ Qf5 72. Qg2+ Qg5 73. Qxb7 Qf4 74. Qg2+ Kf7 75. Qb7+
Kg6 76. Qb5 Qe3 77. Qc5 Qd3 78. Qg1+ Kf5 79. Qf2+ Kg6 80. Qg2+
Kf5 81. Ba3 a6 82. Qf2+ Kg6 83. Qg2+ Kf5 84. Nd2 Ke6 85. Qc6+
Kf5 86. Qg2 Ke6 87. Qf2 Qd5+ 88. Ka1 Qxa5 89. Nc4 Qb5 90. Qe2
a5 91. Qd3 a4 92. Qh3+ Kd5 93. Ne3+ Ke4 94. Nd1 Qc4 95. Qg4+
Bf4 96. Qg2+ Kf5 97. Nc3 Qd3 98. Ka2 Qc4+ 99. Kb1 Be5
100. Qh3+ Kg6 101. Qg2+ Kf5 102. Qf3+ Kg6 103. Ne4 Qd4
104. Qg4+ Kf7 105. Qh5+ Ke6 106. Qh3+ Kf7 107. Qh5+ Ke6
108. Nc3 Qd3+ 109. Ka2 Qc4+ 110. Kb1 Qd3+ 111. Ka2 Qc4+
112. Ka1 Bxc3 113. Qe8+ Kf5 114. Qh5+ Ke6 115. Qh3+ Kd5
116. Qxc3 Qxc3 117. bxc3 Kc4 118. Kb2 f5 119. Bd6 f4 120. Bxf4
a3+ 121. Kxa3 Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "19.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 f6 11. Bb2 Qd7
12. Ne4 a5 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nc8 15. Qc2 N8e7 16. Rfd1 a4
17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Bc3 Rfb8 19. Qb2 Nd5 20. Be1 Be6 21. e4 Nde7
22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qe8 25. Rb4 Bb3 26. e5 Nd5
27. Rxb3 axb3 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. exf6 Qd7 30. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "20.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4
7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 e6 12. a4
Be7 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxf3
17. gxf3 g6 18. d4 Bd6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Ne7 21. Qb5 Qc7
22. Be4 Rab8 23. Qg5 Nc6 24. Qf6 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. d5 exd5
27. Bxd5 Rbd8 28. Rad1 Rd7 29. Ba2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne5 31. Rd4
h5 32. f4 Nc6 33. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Qe2 Nh6 8. d3 Bg4 9. Ne4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf5 11. O-O Nd4
12. Qd1 b6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Re1 Bxe5
17. Bh6+ Bg7 18. Qd2 Qd5 19. h3 Rd8 20. Rab1 Qh5 21. Be3 h6
22. b4 c4 23. Ng3 Qd5 24. Rbd1 c3 25. Qe2 Kg8 26. a3 Kh7
27. Ne4 f5 28. Ng3 f4 29. Bc1 Nd4 30. Qxe7 Rd7 31. Qh4 fxg3
32. Re7 Nf5 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qf4 gxf2+ 35. Kf1 Rf8 36. d4 Qd5
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "22.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O-O g6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. Bg3 Bg7 13. h4 Ne5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qh5
Bf6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Ne6 Qa5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Qxg5 Qxa2
21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qh5+ Kd8 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. d6+ exd6 25. Qxf6
Be6 26. Qg7+ Bd7 27. Qc3+ Bc6 28. Bc4 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qa4 30. b3
Qa3 31. Qg7+ Kb6 32. Qd4+ Kc7 33. Ra1 Qc5 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. f3
b5 36. Be2 Kb6 37. g4 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kf2 a5 40. g5 a4
41. bxa4 bxa4 42. g6 Rg8 43. Bd3 c4 44. Bxc4 Rxg6 45. Ke3 Kc5
46. Bd3 Rg3 47. Be4 Bxe4 48. Kxe4 Kb4 49. f4 Rg2 50. Ra2 Re2+
51. Kf3 Re1 52. f5 a3 53. Kf4 Rb1 54. f6 Rb2 55. f7 Rxa2
56. f8=Q+ Kc3 57. Qc5+ Kb2 58. c4 Ra1 59. Qd4+ Kb1 60. c5 Ra2
61. Qd1+ Kb2 62. c6 Ra1 63. Qd4+ Ka2 64. Qd2+ Kb3 65. Qd3+ Kb2
66. Qd4+ Ka2 67. Qc4+ Kb2 68. c7 Rc1 69. Qxc1+ Kxc1 70. c8=Q+
Kb1 71. Qb7+ Ka1 72. Qg7+ Kb1 73. Qg1+ Kb2 74. Qd4+ Kc2
75. Qc4+ Kb2 76. Qb4+ Ka2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5
7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bh6 Ne8 11. Bd2 a5 12. e3
Nf6 13. Rd1 Ne4 14. Qh4 Qxh4 15. Nxh4 Nxc5 16. exd4 Nxd4
17. Bf4 Ndb3 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Nf3 Ba4 20. O-O f6 21. Rd6 e5
22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Kf7 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2
Ne4 27. Rd3 Ke6 28. f3 Nd6 29. b3 Bc6 30. Bc5 Nf7 31. Kf2 h5
32. h4 Ra6 33. Rd2 Ra8 34. Ke3 f5 35. g3 g6 36. Kf2 Rb8
37. Bb6 Ra8 38. Bc5 Rb8 39. Bb6 Ra8 40. Bc5 Rb8 41. Bb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "24.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8
7. Be3 d6 8. f4 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5
12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Nc7 15. d6 exd6 16. Nxd6 b6
17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. Rae1
Rad8 22. N2e4 Rf5 23. g3 Rff8 24. Ng5 Nc7 25. Qh3 h6 26. Nge4
Nd5 27. Qg4 Kh7 28. h4 Rf5 29. Qe2 Rff8 30. a3 a5 31. Qb5 Qd7
32. Qe2 Qe7 33. Qg4 Rf5 34. Nd2 Rff8 35. Nf3 Rg8 36. Rf2 Bh8
37. Rh2 Nc7 38. Kf2 Rxd6 39. exd6 Qxd6 40. Re2 Bd4+ 41. Kg2
Qd5 42. h5 gxh5 43. Qxh5 Qxh5 44. Rxh5 Nd5 45. Kh3 Nf6 46. Rh4
Kg6 47. Rxe6 Kf5 48. Rxb6 Bf2 49. Rxf6+ Kxf6 50. Rxh6+ Kf5
51. Rh5+ Ke4 52. Ng5+ Kd3 53. Rh6 Kc2 54. Rb6 c4 55. Rb5 Bd4
56. a4 Bxb2 57. Rxa5 c3 58. Rc5 Kb1 59. Ne4 c2 60. Nd2+ Kc1
61. Nb3+ Kd1 62. Rd5+ Ke1 63. Rc5 Rh8+ 64. Kg2 Kd1 65. Rd5+
Ke1 66. Rc5 Kd1 67. Rd5+ Ke1 68. Rc5 Kd1 69. a5 Rb8 70. Rd5+
Ke1 71. Rc5 Kd1 72. Rd5+ Ke1 73. Rc5 Kd1 74. Rd5+ Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "25.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rfe1 b4 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7
17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Ng5 f6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qxc8+ Kg7
22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "26.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qh5 5. Be2 Bg4 6. h3
Nc6 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qc5 9. d3 e6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Nb5 Qd7
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. d4 d5 15. c3 O-O 16. Bg5 Ne8
17. Re1 Nd6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Qd3 Rab8 20. a3 a5 21. Bd1 Ne7
22. Bc2 Ng6 23. h4 f6 24. Bc1 Rfe8 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bf4 Rb7
27. Qg3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Qd5 30. Qf3 b4 31. axb4
axb4 32. h6 g5 33. Bd2 f5 34. Re3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 bxc3 36. bxc3
g4 37. Rd3 Kf7 38. c4 Rc8 39. c5 Rd7 40. Raa3 Ng6 41. Rdb3
Rcc7 42. Ra4 e5 43. Bc3 Nf4 44. Kf1 exd4 45. Rxd4 Rxd4
46. Bxd4 Ne6 47. Be3 f4 48. Bd2 Rxc5 49. Rb6 f3 50. gxf3 gxf3
51. Be3 Ra5 52. Ke1 Ra2 53. Rb7+ Kg6 54. Rb6 Kf5 55. Rb7 Kg6
56. Re7 Re2+ 57. Kd1 Nf8 58. Rg7+ Kh5 59. Rf7 Ng6 60. Rxh7 Ne5
61. Rg7 Nc4 62. h7 Nb2+ 63. Kc1 Nd3+ 64. Kb1 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "27.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Nh6
12. Be3 Nf5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc7 16. Ng5
dxe5 17. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rf8 19. Ng5 exf4 20. Qe6+ Kb8
21. Nxh7 Rh8 22. Qxg6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Qg7 Rc8 25. Kb2
Ne5 26. c4 Nxc4+ 27. Ka1 Ne5 28. Qxe7 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "28.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. d4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Na4
Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne1 d4 15. Bf3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Nd2 17. Rf2
Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nb4 19. Rd2 Qe8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rc4 Na5 22. Rg4
f6 23. Nc3 Bd8 24. e4 Bb6 25. Kh1 Qe6 26. Nh4 Qxb3 27. Qf3
Rcd8 28. Rf2 Kh8 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nh4 Qf7 31. Qh3 Kg8 32. Nf5
Qd7 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Qxd5 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nxd5 Rxd5
37. Qf3 Rd6 38. Re4 Rf7 39. h4 c4 40. Rc2 Nb3 41. Qe2 Bd8
42. Rexc4 Rfd7 43. Kh2 Na5 44. Rf4 Nc6 45. Qf2 Bc7 46. Kh3 Rf7
47. Rfc4 Rd3+ 48. g3 Bxg3 49. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Ne7 51. Rf2
Nd5 52. Rc6 h6 53. Rd6 Ne3 54. Bxf6+ Kh7 55. Kh3 Nf5 56. Ra6
Rd7 57. h5 Rd3+ 58. Kg2 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nd1+ 60. Ke2 Nxf2
61. Rxa7+ Kg8 62. Kxf2 gxh5 63. a4 Rd5 64. Bc3 h4 65. Kg2 Rd3
66. Be5 Rd5 67. Bf4 Rf5 68. Bh2 Rc5 69. a5 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Kf8
71. a6 Ra2 72. Bg1 Ra4 73. Bf2 Kg8 74. Bxh4 Ra3+ 75. Kg4 Ra5
76. Bf2 h5+ 77. Kh4 Kf8 78. Ra8+ Kg7 79. a7 Ra2 80. Bd4+ Kh7
81. Rh8+ Kg6 82. a8=Q Rh2+ 83. Kg3 Rh4 84. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "29.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 a6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qe7 9. Qd3 Be5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 c6
12. Qb3 O-O 13. f4 Bc7 14. Bd3 b5 15. c3 c5 16. c4 bxc4
17. Qxc4 a5 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Be3 d6 21. Rae1 Rb8
22. Bd2 a4 23. Bc3 Qd8 24. Qd3 Ra7 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rd1 Qe7
27. Qf3 Ba5 28. Rfe1 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rab7 30. Re2 Rb4 31. e5
dxe5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Qf6 34. Qxc5 Rxb2 35. Rde1 Qb6
36. Qxb6 R8xb6 37. Rf1 Rf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rf5 Kg7 40. Rf2
a3 41. g3 h5 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. h3 h4 45. Rg2 Kh5
46. gxh4 Kxh4 47. Rg6 Rxa2 48. Rxf6 Rh2 49. Rh6+ Kg5 50. Ra6
Rxh3+ 51. Kg2 Rb3 52. Kf2 Kf4 53. Ke2 Ke4 54. Kd2 Kd4 55. Kc2
Rb2+ 56. Kc1 Rb3 57. Kc2 Rh3 58. Kb1 Kc4 59. Ra8 Kb4 60. Rb8+
Kc3 61. Ra8 Rh1+ 62. Ka2 Kb4 63. Rb8+ Kc3 64. Rb3+ Kc4
65. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "30.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Ng5 11. f3 d6
12. a4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. a5 Rae8 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bd2 Qg6
17. Kh1 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rab1 Rf6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4+
Kh8 22. Bd3 Ref8 23. Be1 Qh5 24. Bg3 Ne6 25. d5 Nb4 26. Qd2
Nxd5 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Rbd1 c6 29. Qf2 Rdf8 30. Rfe1 Rh6
31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Nd4 Nc5 33. Qd2 Rg6 34. Qf2 Rh6 35. Qd2 Qg6
36. Qf2 Re8 37. Ne2 Qf7 38. Nf4 g5 39. Ne2 Kg8 40. Nd4 Rf6
41. f4 Ne4 42. Qf3 g4 43. Qe2 Qh5 44. Kg1 Rh6 45. Ra1 Rf8
46. Ra7 Bc8 47. Rc1 Nxg3 48. hxg3 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qxc1 50. Qa2
Qc4 51. Qb2 Rf7 52. Ra8 Rhf6 53. Ne2 Kg7 54. Qe5 Bd7 55. Ra7
Bb5 56. Rxf7+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Qd5 17. Rde1 c5 18. g4 Nxg4 19. Rhg1 f5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
f4 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Qg4 Bg5 24. Ba5 Qa6 25. Bc7 Qc6 26. Bd6 Rf5
27. Qe2 b6 28. Qc4 Qe8 29. Rd3 Qxh5 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+
Kxf7 32. c4 Ke6 33. a3 Rc8 34. Kc2 Rf7 35. Kc3 Bh4 36. Rg6+
Kf5 37. Rg2 Be7 38. Rd5 g5 39. Rh2 Rh8 40. b4 cxb4+ 41. axb4
h5 42. e6+ Kxe6 43. Bxe7 Rxe7 44. Rxg5 Kd6 45. Rgxh5 Rxh5
46. Rxh5 Re2 47. Rh2 a5 48. Rh6+ Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rh6+ Kc7
51. Rh7+ Kd6 52. Rh6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bd3
Nd7 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bd2 e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. dxe5
Nxe5 17. Rae1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qg6 19. Bf4 Rb8 20. Bxd6 Qxd6
21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Rfe1 b5 23. Bd5 Rb6 24. Qe3 a5 25. Bf3 Be6
26. Qc5 Bxa2 27. Rd7 b4 28. Rxc7 Qd6 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Qxd6
Rxd6 31. Ree7 Bg8 32. Rb7 b3 33. Rxg7 Rfd8 34. h4 b2 35. Rxg8+
Kxg8 36. Rxb2 Kg7 37. Kh2 Rd4 38. h5 Rd2 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Rb7
R8d7 41. Rb6+ R7d6 42. Rb8 Rxf2 43. Rg8 Ke5 44. Kg3 Rfd2
45. Re8+ Re6 46. Ra8 Rd4 47. Rf8 Re7 48. Kh3 Rg7 49. Rh8 Rd6
50. Ra8 Kf6 51. Ra5 Rd4 52. Ra6+ Kg5 53. Ra5 Rd6 54. Be4 Kf4
55. Bxf5 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Rd4 57. Bg6 Rg5 58. Ra2 Ke3 59. Ra3+ Ke2
60. Ra2+ Rd2 61. Ra3 Ke1 62. Rg3 Rxg3 63. Kxg3 Kf1 64. Kf4
Rxg2 65. Ke5 Rf2 66. Bf5 Kg2 67. Kf6 Kg3 68. Ke5 Kh4 69. Bg6
Kg5 70. Ke4 Rf4+ 71. Ke3 Kg4 72. Ke2 Rf3 73. Ke1 Kf4 74. Ke2
Rg3 75. Kf2 Re3 76. Kg2 Re2+ 77. Kh3 Re3+ 78. Kg2 Kg4 79. Kf2
Re7 80. Kf1 Kg3 81. Bd3 Re3 82. Bg6 Re5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. g4
Rb8 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 15. Nf5 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Bxb6
Qxb6 18. f6 O-O 19. Qh5 h6 20. fxg7 Bxg5 21. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
22. fxg5 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Bxh1 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Qf6+ Kd7
26. Qxf7+ Kc6 27. Rxh1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6
7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qg6 11. Bd3 Qh5
12. h3 Nf6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. c3 Kh8 15. Nf1 Rae8 16. Ng3 Qf7
17. Ng5 Qg8 18. f4 h6 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. b4 g5
22. fxg5 hxg5 23. b5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Nh7 26. a4 Bg6
27. Be2 Ref7 28. Bg4 Rf2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Nxe2 Qg7 31. Nd4
Qxe5+ 32. Kg1 Bd3 33. Ba3 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Bxa3 35. Rxa3 Rf1
36. Qxf1 Bxf1 37. Ra2 Nf8 38. Nf3 Bc4 39. Rd2 Qxc3 40. Rf2 Qe3
41. Kg1 Ng6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. dxc5 Rfd8
12. Bc4 Qxc5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Ne3 Rac8 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Ne7
17. Nf1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ng6 19. Ng3 Qh4 20. Ba6 Nf4 21. Qf1 Rb8
22. Rd4 Be5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 N6d5 26. Qd2
h5 27. Bf1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Ndf4 29. c4 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qg5 31. Bxh3
Nxh3 32. Qb1 h4 33. Ne4 Qf5 34. Qd3 f6 35. Qe3 e5 36. Qd3 Nf4
37. Qd1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 f5 11. Bxh6 fxg4
12. Nd2 Bxh6 13. hxg4 Bf4 14. O-O-O Qd4 15. Ne4 Be6 16. Kb1
Qxe5 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rad8 19. f3 a6 20. c3 b5 21. Qf2
bxc4 22. Rde1 Rd5 23. Qe2 Rd3 24. Qf2 Rb8 25. g5 Qf5 26. Qh4
Qf7 27. Nf6+ exf6 28. Qxf4 Qb7 29. Qxc4+ Rd5 30. Re2 fxg5
31. Rhe1 Qb5 32. Qe4 Qd3+ 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Re5 Rxc3 35. Rxg5
Rxf3 36. Rxc5 Rf2 37. b3 Rf6 38. Re7 Rb5 39. Rc2 Rd5 40. Ra7
a5 41. a4 h5 42. b4 axb4 43. a5 c5 44. a6 Rdd6 45. Re2 c4
46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. a7 Rf1+ 48. Kb2 Ra6 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rb7 Rf2+
51. Kb1 Rfa2 52. Rf8+ Kg5 53. Rb5+ Kh6 54. Rxb4 Rxa7 55. Rxc4
Rg2 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rcc8 Re7 58. Rhg8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg5
60. Rc5+ Kg4 61. Rc1 Re4 62. Rh1 Rb4+ 63. Kc1 Ra4 64. Kb1 Rf4
65. Rh7 Kg3 66. Rh6 Rf6 67. Rd1 Kg4 68. Rh8 g5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Nf1
Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 d5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Qe2 c5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Bc2 b4 21. c4 Nf6 22. Nd2 Rad8
23. b3 Re6 24. Nf5 Ne7 25. Ng3 Red6 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Rad1 Bc8
28. Nf3 Nd7 29. d4 exd4 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Ne4 Rg6 32. Nxd4 Ne5
33. Ng3 Rf6 34. Qe3 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 N7g6 36. Ndf5 Rd8 37. Nh5
Bxf5 38. Bxf5 Qd6 39. Nf4 Ne7 40. Bc2 Qd4 41. Qxd4 Rxd4
42. Re1 f6 43. Ne6 Rd2 44. Be4 Kf7 45. Nc7 a5 46. Nb5 N7g6
47. c5 Ne7 48. Rc1 N7c6 49. Nd6+ Ke7 50. Nf5+ Kf7 51. Nd6+ Ke7
52. Nf5+ Kf7 53. Nd6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. g5 Nh5 12. f4
e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Be2 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nf4 17. Bxf4
exf4 18. O-O-O e6 19. f6 exd5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxd5 Rc5
22. h4 Rxd5 23. exd5 f3 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Kd2 f2
27. Ke2 Rf4 28. Rf1 Rxh4 29. Rxf2 Rd4 30. Kf3 Rxd5 31. Kg4
Rd4+ 32. Kg3 Rd5 33. Kg4 b5 34. Rf3 Rd4+ 35. Kg3 Rc4 36. Rf2
b4 37. Rd2 Rc5 38. Kg4 d5 39. Re2 Rc4+ 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Kf3 b5
42. Kg3 Rc7 43. Kf4 Ra7 44. Re5 Rxa2 45. Rxd5 Rxb2 46. Rxb5
Ke6 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kd3 Kc6 49. Rb8 Rb1 50. Ke4 Rg1 51. Kf4
Kc5 52. Rb7 Rh1 53. Ke3 Rh4 54. Kd3 Rh3+ 55. Ke4 Kc4 56. Ke5
Kc3 57. Rc7+ Kb2 58. Rb7 Rh4 59. Rc7 Rh2 60. Rb7 Kc3 61. Rc7+
Kb2 62. Rb7 Rh4 63. Rc7 Rh3 64. Rb7 Kc3 65. Rc7+ Kd2 66. Rb7
Rh4 67. Rc7 Ke3 68. Kf6 Kf3 69. Rb7 Rc4 70. Kg7 Kg4 71. Kh6
Kf4 72. Rb5 Rxc2 73. Rxb4+ Kf5 74. Rb5+ Kf4 75. Kxh7 Rc6
76. Kh6 Rd6 77. Rb8 Re6 78. Rf8+ Ke5 79. Kg7 Ra6 80. Rf6 Ra1
81. Kxg6 Rg1 82. Kh6 Rh1+ 83. Kg7 Rg1 84. g6 Rg2 85. Kf7 Ra2
86. g7 Ra7+ 87. Kg6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. a4 e6
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Rfe1 h6 11. Rad1 Ngf6
12. h3 e5 13. Qc1 O-O-O 14. a5 b5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 Nc5
17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qb4 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rxd7
Nxd7 22. Nd5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxd5 24. Qc1 Bc4 25. bxc4 cxb6
26. cxb5+ Kd8 27. a6 Ke7 28. Qc6 Rd8 29. a7 Bf8 30. a8=Q Rxa8
31. Qxa8 Ke6 32. Qe8+ Be7 33. g4 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Kg2 Kd6
36. Qxf7 Bg5 37. Qd5+ Ke7 38. Qc6 Ke8 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Kg2 Ke8
41. Kh3 Ke7 42. Qd5 Kd8 43. Qe6 Kc7 44. f4 exf4 45. e5 f3
46. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "212"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2
Bc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. O-O Rc8 9. Qb3 Ngf6 10. d3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O
12. a4 Nd5 13. e4 Nb4 14. Bf1 c4 15. dxc4 Nc5 16. Qxb4 Nxe4
17. Qxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxe4 Qb4 19. Re3 Rfd8 20. Nc3 b6 21. Ne5 Be8
22. Ra3 f6 23. Nd3 Qd6 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Be3 Qb4
27. Nb5 g5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nd3 Qxc4 30. Nxa7 Qc7 31. Nb5
Qb7 32. Rc3 Bg6 33. Rc7 Qf3 34. Ne1 Qd1 35. Rc1 Qxa4 36. Bxb6
Rb8 37. Nc3 Qb3 38. Bd4 e5 39. Be3 Qxb2 40. Nd5 Rf8 41. Rc7
Be4 42. Nc3 Ba8 43. Bd3 h6 44. Bh7+ Kh8 45. Bf5 Qa1 46. Kf1
Rd8 47. h4 Qa5 48. Rc5 Qa6+ 49. Kg1 Qa1 50. Bb1 Rb8 51. Kf1
Qa6+ 52. Bd3 Qb7 53. Be4 Qa6+ 54. Bd3 Qb7 55. Nd5 Rc8
56. Rxc8+ Qxc8 57. Nxf6 Qh3+ 58. Ke2 gxh4 59. Be4 Bxe4
60. Nxe4 Qh1 61. Nf3 h3 62. Bxh6 h2 63. Bg5 Qxf3+ 64. Kxf3
h1=Q+ 65. Ke3 Qe1+ 66. Kf3 Qh1+ 67. Ke3 Kh7 68. Bf6 Kg6 69. g4
Qc1+ 70. Kd3 Qf4 71. Bg5 Qxg4 72. Be3 Qf5 73. Bc5 Kf7 74. Ke3
Qf4+ 75. Kd3 Ke6 76. Nd2 Kd5 77. Be3 Qf5+ 78. Ke2 e4 79. Kf1
Qg4 80. Ke1 Kc6 81. Nf1 Kb5 82. Nd2 Kb4 83. Bd4 Qh5 84. Be3
Qh1+ 85. Ke2 Kc3 86. Bf4 Kc2 87. Ke3 Qe1+ 88. Kd4 Qxf2+
89. Be3 Qf6+ 90. Kxe4 Qc3 91. Nf3 Qc6+ 92. Kf4 Qd6+ 93. Ke4
Qe7+ 94. Ne5 Kc3 95. Bd4+ Kd2 96. Be3+ Ke2 97. Bd4 Qe6 98. Bc3
Qe8 99. Bd4 Qa8+ 100. Kf5 Qd5 101. Bb6 Qd6 102. Bg1 Qd1
103. Bh2 Qb1+ 104. Ke6 Ke3 105. Bg3 Ke4 106. Bh2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elmira Mirzoeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. Re1 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Bf1
c6 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. g3
Rac8 18. Bg2 Qa7 19. Kh2 b5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nf5 Nh5 22. Bd4 Qb8
23. Bf3 Nhxf4 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Nf1 d5 26. Kh1 c5 27. Bb2 Bxf5
28. exf5 d4 29. Bc1 a4 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. Bd5 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Qh4
33. Rb1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 d3 35. Qg2 Qxf5 36. bxa4 b4 37. Nd2 Bd6
38. Rf1 Bf4 39. axb4 cxb4 40. a5 Re8 41. Ne4 d2 42. Nxd2 Re3
43. Ne4 g6 44. a6 Ra3 45. Nd6 Qf6 46. Nxf7 Kg7 47. Qf2 Be3
48. Qxe3 Rxe3 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. a7 Ra3 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Bxa8
Kxf7 53. Bd5+ Kf6 54. c5 Ke5 55. Bb3 h5 56. Kf2 g5 57. Kg3 g4
58. Kh4 Kf6 59. Bc4 Ke7 60. Bd5 Kd7 61. Kxh5 g3 62. Kg4 g2
63. Bxg2 b3 64. Kf5 b2 65. Be4 b1=Q 66. Bxb1 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Bb1 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Qd3 Nf6 18. e4 Qb6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Qc3 Rfd8
22. Nd3 Rd4 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. b3 Qd5 25. Nf3 Rg4 26. Re5 Qb7
27. h3 Rf4 28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qd3 Kf8 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Ne5 Rf5
32. Re1 Kg8 33. Ng6 Rg5 34. Qe4 Qf7 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5
37. Bxf5 exf5 38. Nc4 Nc3 39. Nd6 Rc7 40. a3 f4 41. Re5 a6
42. Nc4 Nb5 43. f3 Nd4 44. Nd2 Nc2 45. Ne4 c4 46. bxc4 Nxa3
47. c5 Nc4 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 a5 50. Kf2 Rb7 51. Ke2 Rb2+
52. Kd3 Ne5+ 53. Kd4 Nc6+ 54. Kd5 Ne7+ 55. Ke5 Nc6+ 56. Kd6
Nd4 57. Kd5 Nf5 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Rxa5 Rxg2 60. Ra8+ Kd7
61. c6+ Kc7 62. Ra7+ Kb6 63. Rb7+ Ka5 64. c7 Rc2 65. Nd6 Rd2+
66. Kc5 Rc2+ 67. Nc4+ Ka6 68. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 a6
12. a4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. f5 Bd7 16. a5 Bc6
17. Bf3 h6 18. Qf2 Nh7 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. h4 Bd7 21. Nd5 Bd8
22. g4 Bc6 23. Nc3 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rcd8 25. Qg3 Rd7 26. g5 hxg5
27. hxg5 Qd8 28. f6 Qxb6+ 29. Kh2 Qe3 30. Rg1 Qf4 31. Qxf4
exf4 32. Ra5 Re8 33. Rf5 Re5 34. Rxf4 Rxg5 35. Bg4 Rc7
36. fxg7 Kxg7 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Bh3 Re7 39. Rxd6 Nh5 40. Rh4 Nf6
41. Bf5 Re5 42. Rd4 Rc5 43. Rd3 b5 44. Rd2 b4 45. Ne2 a5
46. Nd4 Bb7 47. Re2 Re5 48. Rf4 a4 49. Ref2 Re8 50. Bh3 Rg6
51. Nf5+ Kg8 52. Nd6 Re7 53. Nxb7 Rxb7 54. Rxf6 Rxf6 55. Rxf6
Rc7 56. c3 bxc3 57. bxc3 Rxc3 58. Ra6 a3 59. Bf5 Kg7 60. Kg2
Kf8 61. Kf2 Ke7 62. Ke2 Rg3 63. Kd2 Rf3 64. Kc2 Re3 65. Kb1
Ke8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dina Drozdova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. O-O b6 12. e4
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nc7
17. Nf4 Bg5 18. Qb3 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rac1
Re8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Bd2 Be6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Qb3
Qd6 27. Bf4 Qc6 28. f3 a4 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Kf2 h6 31. g4 Rc8
32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. Qe3 Qb5 35. Qd2 Bd5 36. Qc3 h5
37. h3 Qc6 38. Qe3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Qb5 40. Qc3 f6 41. Bd6 Kf7
42. Bf4 Be6 43. Bd2 Qd5 44. Qe3 Qd8 45. Qf4 Bd5 46. Qe3 Qh8
47. Qf4 Qh7 48. Bc3 Qc2+ 49. Kg3 Qd1 50. Qe3 g5 51. Bb4 Qh1
52. Qe7+ Kg6 53. Qe8+ Bf7 54. Qe4+ Kg7 55. Qe1 Qh8 56. Kg2 Qd8
57. Qe4 Qd7 58. Qe3 Be6 59. Kg3 Kf7 60. Qe4 Kg7 61. Qe3 Kg6
62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qe3 Bf7 64. Kg2 Qc7 65. Qe4 Qd8 66. Qe3 Qh8
67. Qe4 Qd8 68. Qe3 Qd5 69. Qe4 Qb5 70. Qe3 Qc6 71. Qe4 Bd5
72. Qe3 Kg6 73. Kg3 Qc7+ 74. Kg2 Qd7 75. Kg3 Qc7+ 76. Kg2 f5
77. gxf5+ Kxf5 78. Bd2 Qg7 79. Kg3 Qc7+ 80. Qe5+ Qxe5+
81. dxe5 Kxe5 82. Bxg5 c3 83. bxc3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Daria Charochkina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. c3 Bg6 8. Nbd2 Nf5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4
12. f4 Be4 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. f5 Qe7 16. Qh3 g5
17. Be3 O-O-O 18. Rf3 f6 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Rf5 h5 21. Raf1
hxg4 22. Qxg4 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qg2 g4 25. Nd4 Qe7
26. Bf4 Nd3 27. Qxg4 Qd7 28. Bg3 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 Rdg8 30. Rg5
Qh7 31. Ne6 Nc5 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Ng5 Qh5 34. Kh1 Rxg5
35. Qd6 Nd7 36. Qe6 Qg6 37. Qh3 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irina Vasilevich"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 O-O
12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. Rd1 e5
17. Qf3 Rc6 18. Ne2 Rd6 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. Rd2 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. b3 f6 26. Bf1 Bb7
27. Qf2 f5 28. Bg2 fxe4 29. dxe4 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Qa1+ 31. Bf1
0-1

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Re1 e4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nb5 Bc5
12. d4 exd3 13. cxd3 c6 14. d4 Bf5 15. Rb2 cxb5 16. Rxb5 Rc8
17. Rxc5 Rxc5 18. dxc5 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Be6
7. Be3 Qd7 8. Bxc5 dxc5 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. h4 h6
12. Nh3 Nd4 13. Nf2 Qd6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8
17. Ne2 Qa6 18. Kb1 Nd7 19. h5 Bh7 20. c4 Nb6 21. Nxd4 Rxd4
22. b3 f6 23. f4 exf4 24. Nh3 Nd7 25. Nxf4 Ne5 26. Qe2 Qd6
27. Rhf1 Rd8 28. Kc2 a5 29. Rf2 Qd7 30. Rd2 a4 31. Bh3 Nc6
32. g5 Qe7 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Kb1 Bxe4 35. Bg2 Bxg2 36. Qxe7
Nxe7 37. Nxg2 axb3 38. Rxf6 bxa2+ 39. Kxa2 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3
41. Nh4 Rh3 42. Ng6 Nc6 43. Rf5 Nb4+ 44. Kb2 b6 45. Ne5 Nd3+
46. Nxd3 Rxd3 47. Rf6 Rd6 48. Rg6 Kc8 49. Kc3 Kd7 50. Rg7+ Ke6
51. Rxc7 Kf6 52. Kb3 Kg5 53. Ka4 Kxh5 54. Kb5 Rg6 55. Rb7 Kg5
56. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 57. Kxb6 h5 58. Kxc5 h4 59. Kb6 h3 60. c5 h2
61. c6 h1=Q 62. c7 Qa8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Championship Superfinal Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Gvantseladze"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7
7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4
Bxh4 13. f4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bd3 Bf7 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. f5 e5
18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 O-O-O
22. Re1 Rde8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kf2 Ne5 25. Be2 Kc7 26. Nc5
Nd7 27. Nd3 c5 28. b3 Kd6 29. g5 Nb8 30. f6 g6 31. Rh4 Bg8
32. b4 Nd7 33. Rf4 Bf7 34. Bg4 c4 35. Nc1 Ne5 36. Ne2 Nc6
37. c3 Ne5 38. Nc1 Nc6 39. Bf3 Ke5 40. Rh4 h5 41. gxh6 g5
42. Rg4 Kxf6 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rxh4 Ne5 45. Bd1 Rh8 46. Rh1 Kg5
47. Ke3 Rxh6 48. Rxh6 Kxh6 49. Kd4 Kg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h4 g6 6. g4 h6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qg2 Nf6
12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Qxh1 Nh5 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Qxe4
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qxa2 18. Nc3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5 20. b4 Qf5
21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bh2 O-O-O 23. Ra1 e5 24. Rxa7 exd4 25. Ra8+
Kd7 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Ne2 dxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Bf8 29. c3 Be7
30. f4 Kd7 31. Bg1 Bd6 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. Be3 Ng7 34. Ng3 Ke6
35. Bd4 Ne8 36. c4 Bd6 37. Bc3 b5 38. c5 Be7 39. Ne2 Kd5
40. Nd4 Bf8 41. Nxf5 Kc4 42. Be1 Kd3 43. Kg4 Nc7 44. Nd6 Ke2
45. Bc3 Nd5 46. Bh8 Nxb4 47. Nxf7 Bxc5 48. Nd8 Nd5 49. Nxc6
Ke3 50. f5 Ke4 51. f6 Nf4 52. f7 Ng6 53. Bc3 Kd5 54. Nd8 b4
55. Bb2 b3 56. Kf5 Ne7+ 57. Kf6 Ke4 58. f8=Q Nd5+ 59. Kf7 Bxf8
60. Kxf8 Kf5 61. Nf7 Nf4 62. Kg7 Nd3 63. Bf6 b2 64. Nh6+ Kf4
65. Bxb2 Kxg5 66. Bf6+ Kf4 67. Kf7 Ne5+ 68. Ke6 Ng4 69. Nxg4
Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 Nf4 10. Bf1 h6 11. Ne4 Ne6
12. Ng3 Bc5 13. c3 Nb7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Na3 a5 16. Nc4 Bc7
17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Ne3 O-O 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bb5 Nb7 21. Bb2 Nd6
22. Be2 f5 23. Nc4 f4 24. Nxd6 fxg3 25. Nxc8 gxf2+ 26. Kf1
Qxc8 27. Bc4 Kh8 28. Qg4 Qb7 29. Bc1 Nf4 30. d3 e4 31. Be3 Qb2
32. Rd1 h5 33. Bc1 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 hxg4 35. dxe4 Nh5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6
12. Rfd1 b5 13. Bd3 Qe8 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 c5 16. Nbd2 cxd4
17. exd4 Nh5 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. a5 Nd5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Be5 Ra7
22. Qe1 Qa8 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. Nc4 Qd8 25. Nfd2 f6 26. Bg3 Ndf4
27. Qe3 Qb8 28. Nb3 Re8 29. Rac1 Bf8 30. Nb6 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Nd5
32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Bc4 Qa8 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. Rd2 h5 36. Rdc2
Bh6 37. f4 Rg7 38. Rc5 Qd8 39. Qe4 e5 40. dxe5 fxe5 41. Re1 h4
42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. fxe5 hxg3 44. Nd4 Qxa5 45. Nf3 Qc5+ 46. Kh1
a5 47. Qh4 Qe7 48. Qxg3 a4 49. e6 a3 50. bxa3 bxa3 51. Qe5 a2
52. Qb2 Qa7 53. Ra1 Rc7 54. e7 Rxe7 55. Qxa2 Qc5 56. Qa5 Qxa5
57. Rxa5 Bf4 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Kf1 Rb2 60. Ng5+ Kh6 61. Ne4 g5
62. g3 Be3 63. Ra6+ Kg7 64. Ra3 Bc1 65. Rc3 Bd2 66. Rd3 Bc1
67. Rc3 Bd2 68. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs Batchimeg"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Qf3 Be6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. d4 Bg4 15. Qg3 O-O 16. f4 h5
17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 Qd6 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. Bg5
Nh7 22. Bh4 g5 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Bf2 cxd5 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. exd5
e4 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. c4 Qh6 29. g3 e3 30. Be1 Be5 31. Ba4 Re7
32. Bb4 Bd6 33. c5 Re4 34. Bc3 Be5 35. Bc2 Bxc3 36. Bxe4 Bb4
37. Bf3 Bxc5 38. b4 Bxb4 39. Qxe3 b6 40. Rc1 Re8 41. Qd4 Bd6
42. Rc6 Nd7 43. Qa4 Re3 44. Rc8+ Nf8 45. Qxa7 Be5 46. Bg4 Qh7
47. Qe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.14"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. cxd5 Bxd5
7. Bb2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. b4 O-O 10. b5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O
axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Qa8 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Nh4 Bxg2
17. Nxg2 Rc8 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Rb1 h5 20. Ncd1 Ng6 21. h4 Ne8
22. Ng2 Bf6 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Nge3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nd6 26. Qb3 Ne5
27. Qb4 Ra7 28. Qd4 Nd7 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Qxd7 Qa8 31. Qd4 Nd6
32. Qe5 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kg2 Qb2 35. Qg5 f6 36. Qxh5
Qxd2 37. Qf3 Nc4 38. Qc6 Qxc3 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8
41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. h3
Nd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. b3 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Bg5 Rde8 22. b4 Nd7
23. Nce2 Nde5 24. a3 Kh8 25. Ba2 Nf7 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 bxc5
28. Bf4 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Bh6 30. Ndxe6 Rxe6 31. Nxe6 Bxd2
32. Nxc7 Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Nd6 34. Rxc5 f4 35. Ne6 Rf6 36. Rc7 Be4
37. Rd7 Ne8 38. Rd8 Bg6 39. Nc7 Rd6 40. Ra8 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rd2
42. Bc4 Rxf2 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Nxe8 Be4 45. Rd8 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1
Rc2 47. Bb3 Rb2 48. Nd6+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kh6 50. Nf7+ Kh5
51. Bd1+ f3 52. Rg5+ Kh4 53. Rg4+ Kxh3 54. Rxe4 Kg3 55. Nh6
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Olga Girya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6
12. a4 c5 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Rac1 Bd6 15. d5 e5 16. Bg3 Nh5
17. Ne4 Bb8 18. Bh4 f5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. Be7 fxe4 21. Nh4 Nhf6
22. Be6 Bc6 23. Bf5 Rf7 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Qc4 Ra7 26. b3 Nd5
27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Bc7 30. Nxe5 Rxe7
31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. dxc7 Qc8 33. Qd8+ Rf8 34. Rd1 Kh7 35. h3 c4
36. bxc4 Qf5 37. Qxf8 Qxf8 38. Rd8 Qf6 39. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5
7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. f4 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Nf3 Rb8 13. h5 b5 14. h6 g6 15. Qh4 b4 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Qf6 b3 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qf6+ Ke8 20. Rxd5 bxa2 21. Qxc6+
Ke7 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qh8+ Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 c6
7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nc3 a6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bf4
b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Rfe1
Be4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qc1 O-O 20. a5 Nbd5 21. Be5 Re8 22. Qc4
Qb7 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. axb6 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Nb3 Ng4
27. Qf4 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Bf8 29. Qc7 Qxb3 30. Qd7 Qf3 31. Ra1
Red8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nafisa Muminova"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6
12. e3 c6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. a3 Bf8 15. e4 Qxd4 16. O-O-O Bg7
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rhe1+ Be6 19. Nb3 Qf6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bb5+
Kf8 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. f3 Qb6 24. Qc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc8 26. Rc4
d4 27. Qd3 Rxc4+ 28. Bxc4 Bh5 29. Re4 Bg6 30. Qxd4 Qxd4
31. Rxd4 Ke7 32. Kd2 Rc8 33. Ke3 a6 34. a4 Bc2 35. a5 Rc6
36. Bd5 Rc5 37. b4 Rc3+ 38. Kd2 Rc7 39. Bxb7 Rxb7 40. Kxc2
Rc7+ 41. Kb2 f5 42. Rd1 Rc6 43. Kb3 Rc7 44. Rh1 Rc6 45. b5
axb5 46. Ra1 Kd6 47. a6 Rc8 48. Rd1+ Ke5 49. Kb4 g4 50. a7 h5
51. f4+ Ke4 52. Re1+ Kd4 53. Kxb5 Rg8 54. Re5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. a5 c5 7. c4
bxc3 8. Nxc3 Nc6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Rfc1 Nb4 14. Ne5 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Bd6 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8
17. Rc1 Ke7 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. Bxb4+ Bd6 20. Bxd6+ Kxd6 21. Nc5
Nd7 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. f4 Nc4 25. b3 Ne3 26. Bh3 h5
27. Rc3 Ng4 28. Bg2 Rb8 29. h3 Nf6 30. e3 Ne8 31. Kf2 f6
32. Nc2 Nc7 33. e4 Nb5 34. Rd3 Rc8 35. Rd2 Nc3 36. Ne3 Nb1
37. Rd1 Nc3 38. Rd2 Nb1 39. Rb2 Nc3 40. exd5 Nxd5 41. Rd2 Bc6
42. f5 Ke7 43. Bxd5 Bxd5 44. Nxd5+ exd5 45. Rxd5 Rb8 46. Rd3
Rb5 47. Re3+ Kd7 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rxa5 50. Kg3 Ra1
51. Rd3+ Ke7 52. Re3+ Kd7 53. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Ne4 8. h3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7
12. Be2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qb6
17. a3 Rfd8 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Qb3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Rad1 Bc6
22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Rc2 Bxe5 25. Rfc1 Be8 26. Rc5 Bd6
27. R5c2 h6 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. Kg1 Qg5 30. Qb3 Be5 31. Nf1 Bd4
32. Re1 Rac8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Bg4 Qf6 35. Re2 Rc1 36. Rd2 e3
37. Rd1 Qxf2+ 38. Kh2 Bc6 39. Nxe3 Bxe3 40. Rd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 b5
7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ngf6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. f3 Be7
12. Nxa4 O-O 13. Kh1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Qe1 Rfd8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ba5 Re8 21. Bd3 Nf6
22. b4 Rab8 23. Nb6 Bd8 24. c5 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Nd5 26. Ba5 Qc8
27. Qh4 g6 28. Rfe1 Bc6 29. Re5 Bb5 30. Bc2 Qd7 31. Qh6 Qe7
32. Rae1 Qf6 33. R5e4 Rbc8 34. Rh4 Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rd4
Bc6 37. Bb3 Rb8 38. Kg1 f5 39. h4 Kf6 40. Kf2 h6 41. g4 g5
42. hxg5+ hxg5 43. gxf5 Kxf5 44. Bc4 Ra8 45. Rh1 Kf6 46. Bd3
Rf8 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Kg3 Rf6 49. Rh7+ Rf7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7
51. Bc4 Kf6 52. Rd2 Bb7 53. Rh2 Kg7 54. Bd3 Bc6 55. Rh7+ Kf6
56. Rh6+ Kf7 57. Kg4 Nf4 58. Bc4 Bd5 59. Kxg5 Bxc4 60. Kxf4
Rg8 61. Ke5 Bd5 62. Rh7+ Kg6 63. Ra7 Bxf3 64. Rxa6 Bd5 65. c6
Kf7 66. Ra7+ Kg6 67. Kd6 Kf5 68. b5 Rg2 69. c7 Rc2 70. Bb6 Rg2
1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Nd4 6. e5 Nxb5
7. Nxb5 Nd5 8. O-O Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc7 11. Nxa7 Ne6
12. Qe3 Qa5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. c3 O-O 15. Qe4 b5 16. Be3 Rc4
17. Qd5 Rd8 18. a3 Qa4 19. Nd2 Rc6 20. f4 Qa6 21. Ne4 Rc4
22. Rad1 Nc7 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Nd2 Ra4 25. Nb3 d6 26. exd6 Rxd6
27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Bd4 Bh6 29. Nc5 Rc4 30. Nd3 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Qb6
32. Qf2 Rf6 33. Qh4 Bg7 34. Ne5 Rd6 35. Qf2 e6 36. Rc1 Ne7
37. Rfd1 f6 38. Nf3 Bh6 39. g3 Bg7 40. d5 Nxd5 41. Qxb6 Rxb6
42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Nd4 f5 44. Rc2 b4 45. Nf3 bxa3 46. bxa3 Ra6
47. Ng5+ Ke7 48. Rd3 h6 49. Nf3 Kd6 50. Re2 Bf6 51. h4 Ra5
52. Ne5 Ra4 53. Nxg6 Bd4+ 54. Kf3 Nc3 55. Re1 Kd5 56. Nf8 Kc4
57. Rxd4+ Kxd4 58. Nxe6+ Kd5 59. Ng7 Rxa3 60. Re3 Ra7 61. Nxf5
Rc7 62. Nxh6 Kc4 63. Nf5 Rd7 64. h5 Nd1 65. Re4+ Kc3 66. Re2
Kd3 67. h6 Ra7 68. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 d6
7. Bg5 Bg7 8. f4 h6 9. Bh4 Qd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 O-O
12. O-O a5 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. b3 Qe8 15. Rae1 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxe2
17. Rxe2 Nd7 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 g5
22. Bg3 Qe6 23. a4 Rbb8 24. Qc3 Rb4 25. Qd3 Rbb8 26. h4 Rbd8
27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 gxh4 30. Bxh4 Re8 31. Bg3
Rd5 32. c4 Rd3 33. Rf3 Rd1 34. Bf4 Bf8 35. Bd2 Bc5+ 36. Kg3
Re6 37. Bxa5 Rg6+ 38. Kf4 Be7 39. Bxc7 c5 40. g4 Rg1 41. Rg3
Rf1+ 42. Ke4 Rd1 43. Kf3 Bh4 44. Rgg2 Bg5 45. Rb2 Rc6 46. Bd6
f6 47. Rge2 fxe5 48. Bxe5 Re6 49. a5 Rd7 50. Ra2 Ra6 51. Ke4
Bd8 52. Red2 Rxd2 53. Rxd2 Ra8 54. a6 Kf7 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Rd6
Bg5 57. Kd5 Be3 58. Rg6 Kf7 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. a7 Rd8+ 61. Ke4
Bd4 62. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7
12. Be3 Rfc8 13. Qd2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5 Nc4 16. Nxc4
Qxc4 17. Ra4 Qc6 18. Rfa1 Qb7 19. Rb1 h6 20. h3 Rd8 21. Ra5
Rd7 22. Qd3 Bd8 23. Ra3 Bb6 24. Rba1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rdd8
26. Na4 Rab8 27. b3 Qc6 28. c4 Nd7 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Bd1 Rb4
31. Bc2 Rdb8 32. Na2 R4b6 33. b4 Nd7 34. Bd3 R8b7 35. Rc1 Rxb4
36. Nxb4 Rxb4 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Be2 Nc5 39. Qe3 a5 40. Kh2 Rb2
41. Rca1 a4 42. Bd1 Bxc4 43. Bxa4 Re2 44. Qf3 Nxe4 45. Bd1 Re1
46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bc2 Rxa1 48. Bxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qe7
12. Bd3 Na6 13. Bb1 Nc5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h4 h5 16. Nd4 b6
17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Rh3 Rfd8 19. Kf1 Nd7 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Kg1 Rd7
22. Bc2 Qc5 23. Rg3 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qxh4 26. c5
bxc5 27. Qe3 Bd5 28. Qxc5 c6 29. Rd4 Qd8 30. Bd1 h4 31. Rgg4
h3 32. gxh3 Rb8 33. Qc1 Nd7 34. Qh6 Qf8 35. Qe3 Qg7 36. Rg5
Rb1 37. Kh2 Nb6 38. Qa3 Nc4 39. Qe7 Rb2 40. Rf4 Nd2 41. Qe8+
Qf8 42. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 Nd4 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nf4 Qc7
12. Qe2 Qxc2 13. b3 Qf5 14. d3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bc4 b5
17. Bd5 Rb8 18. g4 Qg5 19. h4 Qxh4 20. Ng2 Qh3 21. Nf4 Qh4
22. Ng2 Qh3 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rac1
Nf6 27. f3 Nd5 28. Be5 Bh6 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Bxd4 Qg3+ 31. Kh1
Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Nf4 33. Qf1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Nxd3 35. Re4 Bf4 36. Bg1
Qh4+ 37. Kg2 d5 38. Rd4 Ne1+ 39. Qxe1 Qxe1 40. Rxf4+ Kg7
41. Rff8 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Rf7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. f4 Qd2 45. f5 exf5
46. Bc5 fxg4 47. Rgf8 Qf4+ 48. Kg2 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2
Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Rf3 53. Bd4 Qh3+ 54. Kg1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3
Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Be3 Rb8
12. Qc1 a5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nc2 f5
17. b4 f4 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Qa3 e3 20. fxe3 f3 21. Qb3+ Kh8
22. gxf3 Qd7 23. Re2 Bxf3 24. Qc4 e4 25. Ne1 Qg4+ 26. Rg2 Bxg2
27. Nxg2 axb4 28. Rc1 Rbd8 29. Be1 bxc3 30. c6 Rd2 31. Bg3 Qf3
32. Ne1 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Re2 34. Ng2 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Olga Girya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 c5 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Bc2 Nd7
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. b3 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Nb6 21. Nxb6
Qxb6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Qh5 Rae8 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7
26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. Rd4 Qf7 28. Rad1 Qxa2 29. Rd8 Qe6 30. Qc7 Bc6
31. R8d6 Rc8 32. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Bb2 Ba4 11. O-O-O
Nbd7 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. Qf4 Qg5 14. Rd2 Nxf2 15. Rg1 Qxf4
16. Nxf4 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Rd1 Nxc5 19. c4 Ncd7 20. g4 Rc8
21. Nh5 Ke7 22. Bc3 b6 23. Bb4+ Nc5 24. Be2 a5 25. Be1 Ng6
26. Rf1 Nd7 27. Bg3 e5 28. g5 Rgd8 29. Ng7 Nc5 30. Nf5+ Kf8
31. Nd6 Rc7 32. Rd5 Bc6 33. Nxf7 Rxd5 34. Nxe5+ Kg7 35. cxd5
Bxd5 36. Nxg6 Rc6 37. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Qb3 Qd6 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Rac1 Bf6 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Ne5 Bg5
17. Rcd1 Be6 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Bb5
Rcc8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Ba4 Qd6 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qg3 Qf4
26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Re4 b5 30. Bd1 b4
31. a4 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. d5 Rb1 34. Rd4 c2 0-1

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marina Romanko Nechaeva"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6
12. f4 f5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Be3 Bb4
17. Ne2 O-O 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. Qa4 Ba5 20. Rg1 Bb6 21. Nc3 Qf7
22. Rg3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc4 24. e6 Qc7 25. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. e3 a5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Ra6 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. d4 Ra7 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Bb4
17. Nd2 Qe7 18. h3 Nd7 19. Re3 e5 20. Nc4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bc5
22. Qb2 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc5 24. Ree1 Raa8 25. Ne3 Rfd8 26. Nf5
Qf8 27. Qe3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. f3 Rd8 30. Rd2 Ne6 31. h4 h5
32. Qc3 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 g6 34. Ne3 Qc5 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qe2 Nc5
37. Nc4 a4 38. Qc2 axb3 39. axb3 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Nxd3 41. Bf1 Ne1
42. Be2 Ba6 43. Kg1 Nc2 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Nd2 b5 46. Bd1 Nb4
47. Be2 Ke7 48. Nb1 Nc2 49. Bd1 Nd4 50. Ke3 Nc6 51. Nc3 Kd6
52. g4 b4 53. Nd5 Bc8 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. f4 f5 56. Nf6 fxe4
57. Nxe4+ Ke7 58. Bxh5 Be6 59. Nc5 Bg8 60. Bd1 Na5 61. h5 Kd6
62. Ne4+ Ke7 63. h6 Kf8 64. Nc5 Bh7 65. Kd4 Kf7 66. Bh5+ Kf6
67. Nd7+ Ke7 68. Nc5 Kf6 69. Bd1 Bb1 70. Bh5 Bc2 71. Nd7+ Ke7
72. Ne5 Nxb3+ 73. Kc4 Nd2+ 74. Kxb4 Bh7 75. Bg6 c5+ 76. Kxc5
Ne4+ 77. Bxe4 Bxe4 78. Kd4 Bh7 79. Nf3 Kf6 80. Ng5 Bc2 81. h7
Kg7 82. Ke5 Bg6 83. Ke6 Bd3 84. Ke5 Bc2 85. Ke6 Bb1 86. Ke7
Bc2 87. Ke6 Bb1 88. Ke5 Bc2 89. f5 Bxf5 90. Kxf5 Kh8 91. Kg4
Kg7 92. Kh5 Kh8 93. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5
12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3
Bf8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Ne5 a6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Bd6 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rc6 Rab8 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxd6 Qxf3
26. gxf3 e5 27. d5 e4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd2 Kf7 30. Rc6 Re7
31. Kg2 Rd7 32. b4 a5 33. b5 a4 34. Rd4 a3 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. d6+
Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd5 38. Rxa3 Rf8 39. Rd3+ Ke4 40. Rd2 Rb8 41. a4
g5 42. Rc7 Rdd8 43. d7 Ke5 44. Rc6 Rb7 45. Rxh6 Rdxd7 46. Rxd7
Rxd7 47. Rxb6 Ra7 48. Ra6 Rb7 49. Rc6 Ra7 50. Rc4 Kd5 51. Rg4
1-0

[Event "Women World Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6
7. Nd2 Nf6 8. c3 e5 9. Nc2 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Be6 11. c4 O-O
12. O-O Nc6 13. Rc1 Nd4 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b5 16. Rfd1 Qa5
17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Rfc8 19. f3 Kf8 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Bxb5 Bxa2 23. Rxd6 Rb8 24. Ra6 Be6 25. Bc4 Rxb2
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Rb5 28. Nc4 Rc5 29. Ne3 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ra5
31. Nc4 Rc5 32. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. Rea1 Rab8 22. axb5 axb5
23. Qd1 Nfd7 24. Ng5 Bg7 25. Ra5 Bc8 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Ra8 Nf6
28. Qf3 Bd7 29. Nf1 Rbb8 30. R8a7 Rb7 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxb7
Qxb7 33. Ne3 Rf8 34. Qg3 Ne8 35. Nf3 Qc7 36. Ra6 Qb7 37. Ra1
Qb8 38. Nh4 Nd6 39. Ra6 Bc8 40. Rc6 Bb7 41. Rxc5 Qa7 42. Rc7
Qb6 43. Re7 Bf6 44. Nxg6 Bxe7 45. Nxe7+ Kh7 46. Qxe5 f5
47. exf5 Nf7 48. f6+ Kh6 49. N3f5+ Kh7 50. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. h3 a6 11. b3 d4
12. Na4 Ba7 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Nc3 Bb7
17. Bc2 Nf4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nh4 b4 20. Na4 Ne2+ 21. Kh2
Nxc1 22. Bxc1 Ne4 23. Nf5 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Rac8 26. Bb1
Bb8+ 27. Kg1 h5 28. Bb2+ Nc3 29. Ne3 Be5 30. Kh1 Bd4 31. Nc2
Bf6 32. Nb6 Rc6 33. Nc4 Nxb1 34. Rxb1 a5 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6
36. N2e3 Rc5 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Kg1 a4 39. Nc2 axb3 40. axb3 Ba4
41. Nxb4 Bxb3 42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Na6 Rc6 44. Ra1 Ra4 45. Nd5+ Ke5
46. Rxa4 Bxa4 47. Nab4 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Bb5 49. f4+ Kd4 50. Nf6
Rc5 51. g4 h4 52. g5 Kc4 53. Nc2 Kd3 54. Ne1+ Kd4 55. Nf3+ Ke3
56. Nxh4 Kxf4 57. Ng2+ Kf5 58. Ne3+ Ke6 59. h4 Rc3 60. Ng2 Bc6
61. Nf4+ Kf5 62. Nh3 Rc2+ 63. Kg3 Rg2# 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O c5 9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Nf1 Nb4 15. Bb1 Ne4 16. a3 Na6
17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Ng5 19. e4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bg5 21. Ne3 Nc7
22. Qg3 g6 23. f4 Bh4 24. Ng4 h5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qh3 f5 27. Ne5
Rg7 28. Qc3 Bf6 29. d6 Na6 30. Rd2 Nb8 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5
Nc6 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Rxg6 35. Bxg6 Kg7 36. Bb1 Nd4
37. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Qxd4+ Kh6 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 f6 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O c5
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nb5
Rab8 17. c3 e5 18. Nd6 Qe6 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Rae1 Rxf1+
21. Qxf1 b6 22. c6 Qxd6 23. cxd7 Qxd7 24. Qd3 Bg7 25. Rd1 Rd8
26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Bf2 Qe6 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Bh4 Rd7 30. Qa6 h6
31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qc6 d4 33. cxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Kh1 Bg7 35. b3 Rc7
36. Qe4 Rd7 37. Qe2 Qd5 38. Bg3 Qd3 39. Kh2 Qd5 40. Qg4 h5
41. Qf4 Bh6 42. Qf6 Qf7 43. Qc6 Bg7 44. Qe4 b5 45. Rc1 a5
46. Rc5 Bd4 47. Rxh5+ Kg8 48. Rxb5 Kh7 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Rb8
Qf1 51. Qh8+ Kf7 52. Qf8+ Ke6 53. Qxf1 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Bc4
Qc8 13. b3 h6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. Nd5 Bxd5
18. exd5 Na7 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd8 22. Qf3
Qg5 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. h4 Qf6 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Qf4
Kg8 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. h5 Qg5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qxb4 Qe5 32. Rd1
Nc8 33. Kf1 Qf4 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kf8 36. Qe3 Qxe3
37. fxe3 Ne7 38. b4 Na4 39. e4 c6 40. Bxa6 cxd5 41. Bb7 Nc3
42. a6 Nb5 43. exd5 Ke8 44. c4 Na7 45. c5 dxc5 46. bxc5 Kd7
47. d6 Nec6 48. Nf5 g6 49. hxg6 fxg6 50. Nxh6 Ne5 51. Ng8 Nd3
52. Nf6+ Ke6 53. d7 Ke7 54. c6 Nb5 55. a7 Nxa7 56. c7 Ne5
57. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3 Na5 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nf3 Nc4 12. Bxc4
Qxc4 13. Nd2 Qc6 14. Qf3 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. O-O Be7 17. Bg5 h6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb3 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rad1 O-O 22. Qe2
Rc4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rfc8 25. c3 a5 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. Nd2
R4c5 28. Nf3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. c4 b3 32. Qd3
Ra5 33. h3 Ra2 34. Qc3 Qf2 35. Rd2 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Ra4 37. Qxb3
Qxc4 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Re2 Rb4 40. Kg3 Bd8 41. Kf2 Bb6+
42. Ke1 Kf8 43. Kd1 Ke7 44. Kc2 Bc5 45. b3 Kd7 46. Nd2 Kc6
47. Nc4 Rb8 48. g4 Ra8 49. Kb1 Bd4 50. Ra2 Rxa2 51. Kxa2 d5
52. exd5+ Kxd5 53. Kb1 Ke4 54. Kc2 Kf3 55. Kd3 f6 56. b4 Ba7
57. Nd6 Kg3 58. b5 Kxh3 59. Nc8 Bc5 60. b6 Bxb6 61. Nxb6 Kxg4
62. Ke4 h5 63. Nd5 h4 64. Ne3+ Kg3 65. Nf1+ Kg2 66. Ne3+ Kg3
67. Nf1+ Kf2 68. Nh2 Kg2 69. Nf3 h3 70. Nh4+ Kg3 71. Nf3 h2
72. Nxh2 Kxh2 73. Kd5 Kg3 74. Ke6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 Be7
7. Nf3 Ne4 8. c3 c4 9. a4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. b3
cxb3 13. Qb2 Qa5 14. Be2 Rfc8 15. O-O Nb8 16. Qxb3 Qb6 17. a5
Qc6 18. Rfc1 Na6 19. c4 h6 20. c5 Be8 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6
Nc7 23. Rab1 Rab8 24. Qd3 a6 25. Rb6 Qd7 26. Rcb1 Na8 27. R6b2
Nc7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Qc6 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Qxc7
32. Qxa6 Qb8 33. Qb6 Qa8 34. a6 Kh7 35. Qb7 Bc6 36. Qxa8 Bxa8
37. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Nd5 Nxd5
7. exd5 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Qg4 f5
12. Qh4 Ng6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bd3 Rf8 15. Re1 b6 16. Nd2 Bb7
17. Nc4 Be7 18. Ne3 Nh4 19. f4 Rae8 20. Kf2 g5 21. g3 gxf4
22. Nc4 Ng6 23. d6 Bg5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxf5 fxg3+ 26. Kxg3
Re1 27. Bxg5 Rxa1 28. Bxh6 Bc6 29. h4 Rg1+ 30. Kh3 Rh1+
31. Kg3 Rxh4 32. Bg5 Rxc4 33. Bxg6 Rd4 34. Bf4 Rd1 35. Bh5
Rg1+ 36. Kh4 Rg2 37. Be5 Rxc2 38. Kg5 Rg2+ 39. Kf6 Rf2+
40. Kg5 Bd5 41. Bg4 Be6 42. Bxe6+ dxe6 43. Bf6 Rd2 44. Be7 Kf7
45. Kf4 Ke8 46. Bf6 Kd7 47. Be5 Rd5 48. Ke4 b5 49. b3 a5
50. a4 bxa4 51. bxa4 c4 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kh1 a6 12. Qe1
b5 13. f5 Bd7 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. Nf3 Ne3
18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. Bd3 b4 20. Rae1 Qc5 21. Ne2 Bb5 22. Nf4 a5
23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Nh7 27. Qg4 Bxd3
28. cxd3 Nf6 29. Qh4 Qc2 30. Re2 Qc5 31. g4 Qe5 32. g5 Nh7
33. Rg2 Rc5 34. Nd5 Rxd5 35. exd5 Qxd5 36. f6 Bh8 37. fxe7 Re8
38. Re1 Bg7 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. dxc4 Be5 41. c5 Rxe7 42. cxd6
Bxd6 43. Rxe7 Bxe7 44. h4 Nf8 45. Rd2 a4 46. Rd5 a3 47. bxa3
bxa3 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. h5 Ne6 52. g6
fxg6 53. Rd7 Kf6 54. h6 Nf8 55. Ra7 Nh7 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra7
Kf6 58. Ra8 Kf7 59. Ra7 Nf8 60. Ra6 Nh7 61. Ra7 Nf6+ 62. Kg5
Ng8+ 63. Kf4 Nxh6 64. Ke5 Ng8 65. Ra6 Nf6 66. Ra7 Nh5 67. Rb7
Ng7 68. Ra7 g5 69. Ke4 Kf6 70. Ra6+ Kf7 71. Ra7 Ne8 72. Kf5
Nd6+ 73. Ke5 Nb5 74. Rb7 Nc3 75. Rb3 Nxa2 76. Rf3+ Kg6 77. Ke6
Bb4 78. Kd5 Nc3+ 79. Kc4 a2 80. Rf1 Nb1 81. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "209"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Qb3 Bf6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Bb1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h3 a4
17. Qd3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Ng5 Bxb1 20. Rxb1 Nxd4 21. Rfe1
Nf5 22. Nf3 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Bg7 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. Red1 Rad8
26. Rd2 Re4 27. Qg3 h6 28. Rbd1 d4 29. Ne1 Qd5 30. a3 b5
31. Nc2 Be5 32. Qd3 Bc7 33. g3 Qe6 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Qf3 Bb6
36. Nb4 Qe6 37. Nd3 Qf5 38. Qg2 Re7 39. Nf4 Red7 40. Nd3 Bc7
41. Qc6 Bb8 42. Qg2 Qd5 43. Qf1 Qf3 44. Ne1 Qf5 45. Nd3 Rd5
46. Nb4 R5d6 47. Nd3 Qe6 48. Re2 Qc4 49. Red2 Qc6 50. Qe2 Re8
51. Qf1 Red8 52. Qe2 Re8 53. Qf1 h5 54. h4 Red8 55. Qe2 Re6
56. Qf1 Re4 57. Qg2 Rxh4+ 58. Kg1 Qxg2+ 59. Kxg2 Re4 60. Nc5
Re5 61. Rxd4 Rxd4 62. Rxd4 Ba7 63. Rd8+ Kg7 64. Nd3 Re2
65. Rd7 Rd2 66. Rxa7 Rxd3 67. Rc7 Rb3 68. Rc2 Kf6 69. Re2 Kf5
70. Kg1 Kg4 71. Kg2 f5 72. Rd2 f4 73. gxf4 Kxf4 74. Re2 h4
75. Rd2 g5 76. Rd4+ Ke5 77. Rd2 Ke4 78. Re2+ Kd4 79. Rd2+ Rd3
80. Re2 Kc4 81. Rc2+ Kd4 82. Re2 g4 83. Rc2 Ke4 84. Re2+ Kf4
85. Rc2 h3+ 86. Kh2 Kf3 87. Kg1 Rd1+ 88. Kh2 Rf1 89. Rc3+ Kf4
90. Rc2 Kf3 91. Rc3+ Ke2 92. Kg3 Rg1+ 93. Kh2 Rg2+ 94. Kh1
Rxf2 95. Rc5 g3 96. Rc2+ Kd3 97. Rc3+ Kd4 98. Rxg3 Rxb2
99. Rxh3 Rb3 100. Rh5 Kc3 101. Kg2 Kb2 102. Kf2 Kxa3 103. Ke2
Kb2 104. Kd1 a3 105. Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O Nd7
7. Re1 g6 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. Bb5 O-O-O
12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Bxd7 Rxd7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5
Qxe5 17. Qxd7 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Qd7
Qg5 22. g3 Ne6 23. Nd6 Nd8 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Qxf7 Qe5 26. Rd7
Bc6 27. Re7 Qd6 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 h5 30. Rf7 Re8 31. e5
Rd8 32. e6 Be8 33. Rg7 a5 34. f3 a4 35. a3 h4 36. Kf2 Rd2+
37. Re2 Rd8 38. Rh7 b5 39. Rxh4 Kc7 40. Rh7+ Kc6 41. Ra7 Rb8
42. Rg7 b4 43. cxb4 cxb4 44. axb4 Rxb4 45. Rg8 Rb8 46. Rd2 Kc5
47. h4 Kc6 48. h5 gxh5 49. f5 h4 50. f6 h3 51. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Be7 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 Nf6 8. g3 Qc7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. a4
Nc6 13. a5 Nxa5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Na4
Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rd4 Rab8 21. Nc3 Bc6
22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Rd1 Qb4 24. Qb2 e5 25. Rda1 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Rxb2
27. Rxa5 Bb7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. c5 Rc2 31. Ra3 Ne8
32. Bf1 Kf8 33. Bd3 Rb2 34. Bxa6 Ra8 35. Rda1 Rxa6 36. Rxa6
Bxa6 37. Rxa6 dxc5 38. Nd5 Rb8 39. Rc6 c4 40. h4 h5 41. Kg2
Nf6 42. Nxf6 gxf6 43. Rxc4 Kg7 44. Rc7 Rb3 45. Rd7 Ra3 46. f3
Ra2+ 47. Kh3 Rf2 48. Rd3 Kg6 49. g4 Ra2 50. Rd6 hxg4+ 51. fxg4
Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Re3 53. g5 Rxe4 54. Rxf6+ Kg7 55. Rh6 Re3 56. Rd6
Re4 57. Kg3 Ra4 58. Rd7 Kg6 59. Rd6+ Kg7 60. h5 Rb4 61. Rd7
Kg8 62. Re7 Re4 63. h6 Kf8 64. h7 Kg7 65. Rxf7+ Kh8 66. g6 Ra4
67. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "13.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. a3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Bh4 14. Bf2 Be7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Kh1 Qc7
17. Bd4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bg5 Bd4 21. Qg3 Bxc3
22. bxc3 f6 23. Bh6 Nc5 24. Rfe1 Rad8 25. Rd5 Bxd5 26. exd5
Qf7 27. Bh5 Qd7 28. Bf3 e4 29. Bxe4 Rfe8 30. Bf3 Rxe1+
31. Qxe1 gxh6 32. Qe3 Nb7 33. Qxh6 Qg7 34. Qe3 Nd6 35. h3 Re8
36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qg3+ Kh8 38. Kh2 Qe5 39. Bg4 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3
Re3+ 41. Kf4 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "14.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3
Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. a3 b6 11. b4 cxb4
12. axb4 Bb7 13. d4 Nf8 14. O-O Qd6 15. Ne2 Red8 16. c3 Qe6
17. Ng3 Qc4 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Nd2 Qe6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 h5
22. Ne2 c5 23. bxc5 Bxe4 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Nf4 Rdc8 26. Nd2
Bb7 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rb1 e6 29. Nc4 Be4 30. Rb2 Ra6 31. Nd6
Bc6 32. Nc8 Bf8 33. d5 exd5 34. Nxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxb6 Rxb6
36. Bxb6 Bd6 37. Ne2 Kg7 38. Bd4+ f6 39. f3 Kf7 40. Kf2 Bb5
41. Ke3 g5 42. Kf2 Bc4 43. Be3 Kg6 44. Nd4 Be5 45. g3 h4
46. g4 Kf7 47. Bc1 Ke8 48. Ba3 Kd7 49. Bb4 Bg3+ 50. Kg2 Be5
51. Kf2 Bd3 52. Ba3 Bf4 53. Bb4 Bg6 54. Ne2 Be5 55. Ke3 Kc6
56. f4 Bc7 57. fxg5 fxg5 58. Be7 Bb6+ 59. Kd2 Be4 60. Nd4+
Bxd4 61. cxd4 Bg2 62. Bxg5 Bxh3 63. Bxh4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "15.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. f3 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qe8 9. O-O d6 10. Nf4 Bd8 11. d5 exd5
12. cxd5 Bc8 13. Nb5 g5 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Nd4 Qd7
17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Bc4+ d5 19. Bd3 Ng7 20. b4 Be7 21. Bb5 Qd6
22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc6 Rad8 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Ra2 Bf6 26. Kh1 d4
27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Bb2 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd6 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Bxf6
Qxf6 32. Rd2 Re8 33. a4 h6 34. b5 Qe5 35. g3 Qe1+ 36. Qxe1
Rxe1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Bb3 Ra3 39. Bd1 Kh7 40. Rd7 Rc3 41. Rd8
Ne6 42. Ra8 Rd3 43. Be2 Rd2 44. Kf1 Nd4 45. Bc4 Nxf3 46. Rxa7
Nxh2+ 47. Ke1 Nf3+ 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Rxc7 Kh5 50. Be2 g4 51. Rc6
Nd4 52. Rd6 Rxe2 53. Rxd4 Ra2 54. Rd6 Rxa4 55. Rxb6 Rb4
56. Kg2 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 f4 58. gxf4 g3 59. f5 Kg4 60. Rxh6 Kf3
0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "16.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nf1 Nf8
17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. Qd2 Red8 21. h3 Nc5
22. Ng3 Bc6 23. Ra1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4 Ncd7 26. Ra7 Qb8
27. Rea1 Rc7 28. R7a5 Nb6 29. Be2 d5 30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. Nxb5
Rb7 32. Ra6 dxe4 33. Qc3 Bxb5 34. Rxb6 Rxb6 35. Qc7 Rdb8
36. Qxf7 Bxe2 37. Nxe2 Rxb4 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Ng3 Rbc4 40. Ra2
R4c7 41. Qe6 Rc5 42. Ra7 R5c6 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. Qxe5 Rxc2
45. Qf5 R2c5 46. Qg6 R5c6 47. Qf7 Rc5 48. Rb7 Re5 49. Ra7 Rce8
50. Nf1 R5e6 51. Ne3 Re5 52. Qb7 Rg5 53. h4 Rh5 54. g3 Rhe5
55. Qf7 Rc5 56. Qg6 Rce5 57. Rf7 R5e6 58. Qf5 Re5 59. Qg6 R5e6
60. Qf5 Kg8 61. Ra7 Rd6 62. Kg2 Rd2 63. g4 Rd6 64. g5 hxg5
65. hxg5 Nh5 66. Qf7+ Kh7 67. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7
12. c3 f5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nce3 Be6 16. Qh5 f5
17. Bd3 e4 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. O-O-O a5 20. g4 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 exd3
22. gxf5 Bf7 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg2 Kh7 25. Rxd3 Bh6 26. Kb1 b4
27. c4 Qh4 28. Nc7 Rac8 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "18.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Bd6 6. c4 O-O
7. c5 Re8+ 8. Be2 Bf8 9. O-O b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bf4 c5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nb5 Na6
17. Re1 Re6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Rxe6 Nxf2 20. Qe2 Nxh3+ 21. gxh3
fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1 Kg8 25. Be5 Nb4
26. a3 Nc6 27. Nc7 Rc8 28. Nxd5 cxd4 29. Nxb6 Re8 30. Bf4 Bc5
31. Nc4 d3+ 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Nd4 34. Rd1 Nf5+ 35. Kg4 Ne7
36. Rxd3 g5 37. Be3 Rc2 38. Rc3 Rxc3 39. bxc3 Bxe3 40. Nxe3
Kf7 41. Nf5 Nd5 42. Nxh6+ Kg6 43. Ng8 Kf7 44. Kxg5 Kxg8 45. c4
Nc3 46. Kf6 Ne4+ 47. Ke5 Nf2 48. c5 Kf8 49. c6 Ke8 50. Kd6 Kd8
51. h4 Ne4+ 52. Ke5 Ng3 53. Kd6 Nf5+ 54. Kc5 Nxh4 55. Kb6 Kc8
56. a4 Nf5 57. a5 Ne7 58. a6 Nxc6 59. Kxc6 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "19.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 h5
7. h3 e5 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. O-O exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7
12. Rae1 a6 13. Kh2 f6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. d4 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Qe7 18. c4 Bd7 19. b3 Rac8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 b5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qd7 Rfe8 24. Bc6 Rcd8 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd7
f5 27. c5 e4 28. c6 Be5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kf6
32. Rxe4 Bc7 33. Rd4 Rh8 34. Rh1 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 Ke5 36. Rd1
fxg4 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Rf1+ Kg7 39. a4 b4 40. Re1 a5 41. Rd1 Kf6
42. Rf1+ Kg7 43. Rf2 Kg8 44. Re2 Kf8 45. Re4 g3 46. Rh4 Kg7
47. Rg4 Kf6 48. Rh4 Kg7 49. Rh3 Bd6 50. Rxg3 Bc7 51. Rh3 Bd6
52. Rd3 Bc7 53. Rd5 Kf6 54. Rb5 Rh7 55. Rb7 Bd6 56. c7 Bxc7
57. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "20.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3 Ne7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. g3
O-O 17. Bg2 Rab8 18. O-O f5 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Rfd1
a5 22. Qe3 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rac1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 e4 26. Qd2
Qf7 27. Rc4 Be5 28. b3 Rfc8 29. Bf1 Rg8 30. Ra5 f4 31. Rxe4
fxg3 32. hxg3 Rbf8 33. Bc4 Qf3 34. Rexe5 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxg3+
36. Qg2 Qf4 37. Rf5 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "21.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Qd3 b5 12. Rad1
Qc7 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh4
g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kg8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Bxh6
Qd8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bh6 Qe7 25. b3 Na3 26. Rd2 b4 27. Nd1 Qf7
28. Rxd6 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nf2 Nxc2 31. Rc1 Nd4 32. Kh1
Ne2 33. Re1 Nc3 34. Bb1 c5 35. Bc2 Rd2 36. Bd3 Qd7 37. Bc4+
Kh8 38. e5 Qc6 39. Rg1 Ne2 40. Bxe2 Rxe2 41. exf6 Qxf6 42. Bg5
Qd4 43. Rf1 Qd5 44. Rg1 Qd2 45. f5 Qd5 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "22.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 f5
7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 h6 11. d5 Na6
12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Ne5 Bc5 14. e4 exd5 15. exd5 d6 16. Ng6 Re8
17. Rde1 Qd7 18. Re6 Qf7 19. Qxf5 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Qb1 Ng4
22. Nd1 Rad8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Re7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Re8 26. Rxf7
Kxf7 27. Nh4 Kg8 28. Ne3 Rf8 29. Nhf5 Re8 30. Nxh6+ Kf8
31. Qg6 Re7 32. Nef5 Be8 33. Nxe7 Bxg6 34. Nxg6+ Ke8 35. Nf5
Nb4 36. Ngh4 Nd3 37. Be3 Nxb2 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Nxg7+ Kf7
40. Ne6 Nxc4 41. Nxc7 Nd6 42. Bf1 c4 43. g4 c3 44. Bd3 b5
45. Nf5 Nc4 46. Nxb5 Ne5 47. Bc2 Nxd5 48. Bb3 Kf6 49. Kf1 Nf3
50. Ke2 Ng1+ 51. Kf1 Nxh3 52. Nbd4 Nb4 53. Nc2 Nd3 54. f3 Ke5
55. Ke2 Nc1+ 56. Ke3 Nf4 57. Nfd4 Ng2+ 58. Kf2 Nh4 59. Kg3 Ng6
60. Nc6+ Kd6 61. Nxa5 Ne2+ 62. Kf2 Nef4 63. Nc4+ Kc5 64. N4e3
Nd3+ 65. Kg3 Nc1 66. Nd1 Ne2+ 67. Kf2 Ngf4 68. Ke3 Kd6
69. Nxc3 Nxc3 70. Kxf4 Ne2+ 71. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "23.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qc2 g6
7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. g4 Bxf4 12. exf4
Re8+ 13. Nge2 Bc8 14. h3 Nbd7 15. Kf2 Nb6 16. Ng3 a5 17. Bd3
Qd6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Re5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rhe1 Red8
22. Nce4 Nxe4+ 23. Nxe4 Qf8 24. g5 Be6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. d5
cxd5 27. Qd4 Qg7 28. h4 h5 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Re5
Qg6 32. Re7 f4 33. Nxh5+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 Qc2+
36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qe3 38. Nh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Nh7+
Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Rxf7 Qe2+ 43. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "24.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h3
Bb7 13. Bf4 Nfd7 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. b3 Nbc6 16. Bb1 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qe7 21. Qe3 Bc6
22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 f5 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Qb7 26. exf5
Bxg2 27. Qg3 Bf3 28. Re1 Kh8 29. fxg6 Rg8 30. Qh4 Rdf8 31. Kh2
e4 32. Rg1 Qg7 33. Qxh7+ Qxh7 34. gxh7 Kxh7 35. Rg3 Rxg3
36. Kxg3 Rg8+ 37. Kf4 Rg2 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. Rg1 Rxh3 40. Bxe4+
Bxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Rc3 42. f4 Rc2 43. Kd5 Rxa2 44. Kxd6 Rb2
45. Rg3 b5 46. cxb5 axb5 47. Kc5 Rf2 48. Rg4 Kh6 49. Kxb5 Kh5
50. Rg5+ Kh4 51. Rg8 Rxf4 52. b4 Re4 53. Ka5 Re1 54. b5 Ra1+
55. Kb6 Rb1 56. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "26.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Nbd2 d5 8. O-O c5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. c4 Nxe5
12. fxe5 Bg5 13. Qe2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 cxd4 16. Bxd4
Be4 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qb7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. h3
h6 22. a4 Qd5 23. b4 Rfd8 24. Qa6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qb3 26. Re1
Qxb4 27. Re2 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qf1 29. Qc4 Bh4 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qb2
Rc8 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Bf2 34. h4 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qh1+ 36. Kg4
Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "27.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 f5
7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O
12. Rad1 Be4 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Na6 15. d6 c6 16. Ne5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qe8 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. Rd3 Rf6 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. e4 Qxe4
22. Re1 Qd5 23. Nxb6 Qxd6 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. Nxd7 Nb4 26. Nxb8
Qxb8 27. Rde3 Rf8 28. Qc5 Nd5 29. Re5 Rg8 30. Qxc6 Nb4 31. Qc4
Qd8 32. Qxg8+ Qxg8 33. Re8 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "28.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. Qe2 g6 8. Rd1 Qc7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3
b6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nde5 15. Bb1 Qe7 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Nd4
Na5 18. b3 Bb7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Rfd8 21. b4 Nc6 22. a3 Ba8
23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Na4 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nb6 Bb7 27. Qe2 d5
28. e5 Qe8 29. Bc5 Ba6 30. a4 Ne7 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. axb5 Bb7
33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. Bd6 Rbc8 35. Qe3 d4 36. Nxd4 Nd5 37. Qf2
Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Bh6 39. g3 f6 40. Nc6 fxe5 41. Bxe5 Ne7 42. Be4
Nf5 43. Bf3 Qd3 44. Rd1 Qxd1+ 45. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 46. Kh2 Bf8
47. Qa2 Bc8 48. Qe2 Rd5 49. g4 Ne7 50. Qc4 Bd7 51. Nxe7+ Bxe7
52. b6 Rd2+ 53. Kg3 h5 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. b7 h4+ 56. Kf3 Kf7
57. b8=Q Ba4 58. Ke3 Rg2 59. Qbc8 Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "29.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 b6 4. f4 Bb7 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 d5 10. d3 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Na3
Re8 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Rae1 Na7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. Be5 Ba6 17. Nd2
b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Ra1 a4 20. c4 Bc6 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4
Bxa4 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Nb1 dxc4 25. dxc4 Bc6 26. Nc3 Bxg2
27. Qxg2 Qd3 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Ne4 30. Rc1 Bxe5 31. fxe5
Rd8 32. Kg2 g5 33. g4 Kg7 34. Kf3 Nd2+ 35. Kf2 Rb8 36. Rc2 Nb1
37. Ng3 Rb4 38. Ne4 Na3 39. Rc3 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41. Nxc5
Nxe5 42. h3 Kg6 43. Kg3 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Ne4 Kg6 46. Nd6
Nd7 47. Nc4 f6 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Kf5 50. Nd2 Nc5 51. Kh3
Ne4 52. Nc4 Ng5+ 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. Kf2 Kd3 55. Nb6 Ne4+ 56. Kf3
Nd2+ 57. Kf2 Nc4 58. Nd7 Nxe3 59. Nxf6 Nd1+ 60. Ke1 Nc3
61. Nd7 Kd4 62. Kd2 Ne4+ 63. Ke1 Ng5 64. Kd2 Nf3+ 65. Ke2 Nh4
66. Ke1 Ng6 67. Kd2 Kd5 68. Ke1 Kd6 69. Nf6 Ke5 70. Nd7+ Kd4
71. Ke2 Nf4+ 72. Ke1 Nd5 73. Kd2 Kc4 74. Ke1 Kb5 75. Kd2 Kc6
76. Ne5+ Kd6 77. Nf7+ Ke7 78. Ne5 Kf6 79. Nd7+ Kf5 80. Ke1 Nf6
81. Nc5 e5 82. Nd3 e4 83. Nf2 e3 84. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women World Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.23"]
[Round "30.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
Qh5 12. c3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Bb6 16. Bd6
Rfe8 17. b4 f5 18. Bc2 e5 19. Bb3+ Kh8 20. b5 e4 21. Nd4 Qxe2
22. Nxe2 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. a4 Ree8 25. a5 Bc5 26. c4 Be6
27. Kf1 g5 28. a6 b6 29. g3 Rd3 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. Ng1 g4
32. Rd1 Rd8 33. h3 h5 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ba2 Kf6
37. Kf1 Bb4 38. f3 Bc5 39. Rd2 Be3 40. Rd1 Ke5 41. Kg2 Bf7
42. f4+ Kf6 43. Re1 Bc5 44. Rd1 Be6 45. Bb3 Rd7 46. Ba2 Rd4
47. Bb3 Ke7 48. Ba2 Kd6 49. Kf1 Bb4 50. Rb1 Kc5 51. Kf2 Bxc4
52. Bxc4 Kxc4 53. Rc1+ Bc3 54. Ke3 Re4+ 55. Kf2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2
Be6 7. e4 Nde7 8. b4 Ng6 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. Bb2 a6 11. Ba4 Nf4
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Nd3 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Ne1
Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Qd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nd3 c5 20. Ndxc5 Bxc5
21. Nxc5 d3 22. Nxd3 Bb3 23. Qc5 Kb8 24. Bd4 Qxd4 25. Qxc7+
Ka8 26. Qc6+ Ka7 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Qc6+ Ka7 29. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Qb3
Nc5 7. Qc2 e5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Be6
12. b4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nbd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Na4 d3 16. Qxd3 Qxd3
17. exd3 O-O-O 18. Bb2 Nd4 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Nc3 Nc2 21. Rec1
Nd4 22. Re1 Nc2 23. Rec1 Nd4 24. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qh5 Be6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O
11. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 12. Be3 g6 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. O-O Rhe8 15. Rfe1
Nxe3 16. fxe3 f5 17. c4 Re7 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. c3 Rde8 20. Bc4
Qe4 21. Qa2 Qh4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qf2 Qg5 24. Bb5 Rxe3 25. Reb1
a6 26. Bf1 Na5 27. Re1 f4 28. Rxe3 fxe3 29. Qf7 Qe7 30. Qxe7
Rxe7 31. Rb1 e2 32. Bh3+ Kb8 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Re1 Nxa3 35. Rxe2
Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Nc4 37. Kd3 b5 38. Be6 Nd6 39. Bg8 h6 40. Bh7
g5 41. Ke3 a5 42. Kf3 a4 43. Bb1 Ka7 44. h4 Kb6 45. hxg5 hxg5
46. Ba2 Ka5 47. Kg4 Ne4 48. Be6 a3 49. Bb3 c6 50. Be6 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Ba6 Qf6 16. c4 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Qxd4 18. g3 Qc5 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Rxd6 Qxa6 21. Rc7
Qxa2 22. Rcxc6 Rae8 23. Rd1 Re6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qe3 e5
26. c5 Nc4 27. Qe1 Qc2 28. c6 Nb6 29. Ba3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qa4
31. Qc3 Kf7 32. Bb2 Qb5 33. c7 Qd5 34. Qb4 Na8 35. Qg4 Rxc7
36. Qf5+ Ke8 37. Re1 Re7 38. Ba3 Qd7 39. Qxh7 Qd2 40. Qh5+ g6
41. Qxg6+ Kd7 42. Qb1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. e4 Nb4 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O Be7 12. a3
Na6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. e5 Nf8 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nc7
18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. h4 Ra5 22. Bb1 c5
23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rc1
Qa8 28. Ng5 Ne7 29. f3 Nf5 30. Bf2 Ng6 31. Qe2 Ba6 32. Qe1 Nf4
33. Rxc5 Bd3 34. Qd2 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Bxb1 36. Qxe2 Qb8 37. Rb5
Qc7 38. Rc5 Qb8 39. Qb5 f6 40. Ne4 Qxb5 41. Rxb5 fxe5 42. Nc5
Bc2 43. Rb4 Rd8 44. Nxe6 Rd2 45. Ng5 g6 46. Bc5 Rd8 47. Rb7
Rc8 48. Bb4 h6 49. Nh7 Rc6 50. Bc3 Nd4 51. f4 g5 52. fxe5 Bxh7
53. Bxd4 Rc2 54. Rb8+ Kf7 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. Kh3
Be4 58. Rb8+ Kf7 59. g4 Rd2 60. Rb4 Bc2 61. Bc3 Rd3+ 62. Kg2
Re3 63. Rb7+ Ke6 64. Rb6+ Kf7 65. Rf6+ Ke8 66. Kf2 Re4 67. Kf3
Rc4 68. Bb4 Bd1+ 69. Ke3 Bxg4 70. e6 Rf4 71. Rh6 Rf3+ 72. Ke4
Rh3 73. Rg6 Rh8 74. Ke5 Bd1 75. Rg7 Bf3 76. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.24"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "266"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Re1 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Ba2 b5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5
Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. e4 Re8 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. g4
Bg6 18. Ne5 c4 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. h4 h5 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Nd7 Kg7 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 Nc6 26. Nf6 Red8
27. Red1 Nd4 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. f3 Nxg5 30. e5 Ne6 31. Kg3 Nc5
32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Rag1 Nd3 34. f4 c3 35. f5 Bxf5 36. bxc3 Bg6
37. Nd5 Nxe5 38. Kf4 Nd3+ 39. Kf3 Rhe8 40. Rxh5 Re1 41. Rhh1
Rce8 42. Bb1 Ne5+ 43. Kf4 Re2 44. Rh7+ Kxh7 45. Nf6+ Kg7
46. Nxe8+ Kf8 47. Nc7 Nd3+ 48. Bxd3 Bxd3 49. Nxa6 Re4+ 50. Kf3
Rc4 51. Rc1 Be4+ 52. Ke3 f5 53. Nb4 Kf7 54. Nd3 Kf6 55. Nb2
Rc7 56. c4 bxc4 57. Rxc4 Re7 58. Kf4 Rg7 59. Ra4 Rg4+ 60. Ke3
Rg2 61. Nc4 Bd5 62. Nd2 Rg3+ 63. Kf2 Rh3 64. Ra5 Ke6 65. Ra4
Rh2+ 66. Ke3 Rh3+ 67. Kf2 Rc3 68. Nf1 Bc6 69. Rb4 Ke5 70. Ne3
f4 71. Ng4+ Kf5 72. Nh6+ Kg5 73. Nf7+ Kf5 74. Rc4 Rf3+ 75. Ke2
Re3+ 76. Kd2 Bg2 77. Rc5+ Kf6 78. Nh6 Bh3 79. Rc6+ Kg7 80. Rc4
Rf3 81. Ke2 Rxa3 82. Rxf4 Kxh6 83. Kf2 Kg5 84. Rf3 Ra2+
85. Kg3 Bf5 86. Re3 Ra1 87. Rc3 Rg1+ 88. Kf2 Rh1 89. Ke3 Rh4
90. Rc5 Kf6 91. Rc6+ Ke5 92. Rc5+ Ke6 93. Kd2 Rh3 94. Rc3 Rh2+
95. Ke3 Kd5 96. Kf4 Be4 97. Ke3 Ke5 98. Rc5+ Bd5 99. Rc3 Rh1
100. Kd3 Rh4 101. Ke3 Bc4 102. Kf2 Kd4 103. Kg3 Rh8 104. Rf3
Rg8+ 105. Kf4 Bb5 106. Rf2 Bd3 107. Kf3 Ke5 108. Ke3 Be4
109. Kd2 Kd4 110. Rh2 Rb8 111. Rf2 Rb7 112. Ke2 Bd3+ 113. Kd2
Rb2+ 114. Ke1 Rb3 115. Kd2 Be4 116. Ke2 Ra3 117. Kd2 Bf3
118. Kc1 Rc3+ 119. Kd2 Rb3 120. Kc2 Ra3 121. Kd2 Ke4 122. Kc1
Ke3 123. Kb2 Ra7 124. Rc2 Be4 125. Rc3+ Kd2 126. Rc2+ Kd3
127. Rc3+ Kd4 128. Ra3 Rb7+ 129. Rb3 Rh7 130. Rb4+ Kd3
131. Kb3 Bd5+ 132. Ka3 Kc3 133. Rb3+ Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nafisa Muminova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Be3 Re8 9. f3 d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nc5 Bxc5
12. Bxc5 Qb8 13. Be3 a6 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. f4 Bc4
17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 b4 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. gxf6
Ng6 22. f5 Re5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bh6 Rh5 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Qg3
Qc8 27. Bf4 Qe6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd5 Re8 30. Rxe5 Qxe5
31. Rf4 Qd4 32. Qh4 Re6 33. a3 bxa3 34. bxa3 c5 35. Kb1 d5
36. exd5 Rb6+ 37. Kc1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Qb6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 a6
12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qc7 14. Na4 Qxa5 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. Qg7 O-O-O 21. Bxa6+
Kb8 22. Nf7 Rhg8 23. Qh6 Rdf8 24. Qxf4 Rg7 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Ng5
h6 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Bc4 Ng5 29. Ra6 Qc5 30. Qd7 Ne4 31. Rfa1
Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2
Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. b4 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qd6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Be2 f5
12. b5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd8 14. c4 c6 15. c5 Qg6 16. Bxe5 cxb5
17. Bxb5 Rc8 18. Ke2 Rxc5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bd4 Rc7 21. Rag1
Bg5 22. h4 Ne6 23. Be5 Rc5 24. Bd6 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qc6 26. hxg5
Rxc4 27. Qb3 Qa6 28. Ke1 Rfc8 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qg6
31. Qxb7 Rxe4+ 32. Kf1 Rf8 33. Bg3 Qe6 34. Kg2 Rxf2+ 35. Bxf2
Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+
40. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.29"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. e4 Na5 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Bd6
17. f4 Rf8 18. Ng4 c4 19. Bc2 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Ne5 Rf6
22. a4 Bd5 23. h3 Raf8 24. Rf2 Nb7 25. Bc1 Rh6 26. Kh2 a6
27. Rg1 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rff1 Be7 30. Re1 Bh4 31. g3 Bd8
32. g4 Qd6 33. Qe3 fxg4 34. Rxg4 Re6 35. f5 Ree8 36. Qg3 Bf6
37. Bf4 Qd8 38. h4 Re7 39. h5 Qe8 40. h6 Qh5+ 41. Qh3 Qxh3+
42. Kxh3 Ra8 43. hxg7 Nd6 44. Rg3 h5 45. Rg6 Ne8 46. Bd1 Ra3
47. Re3 b4 48. cxb4 Rxe3+ 49. Bxe3 Be4 50. Kh2 Bxf5 51. Rh6 h4
52. Nxc4 Kxg7 53. Rh5 Be6 54. Ne5 Ra7 55. Bg4 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 Bd5
57. Nf3 Bf7 58. Ra5 Rb2 59. Ra7 Kg8 60. Rb7 Nd6 61. Rb8+ Kg7
62. Ne5 Bd5 63. Rb6 Bxe5 64. dxe5 Nc4 65. Bh6+ Kh8 66. Rb5
Nxe5 67. Rxd5 Nxg4 68. Bd2 Kh7 69. Rh5+ Kg6 70. Rg5+ Kf6
71. Bc3+ Kxg5 72. Bxb2 Kf5 73. b5 Ke6 74. b6 Kd7 75. Kg2 Ne3+
76. Kh3 Nc4 77. Bd4 Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6
7. Bf1 e5 8. c3 g5 9. Nxg5 Rg8 10. d4 h6 11. Nf3 Bxh3 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. a4 Be7 16. Nc4 Ng4
17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nh2 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Kf7 21. g3 Be6
22. Rad1 h5 23. Be2 Kg6 24. Nd2 Na5 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. Nh4+ Kg7
27. Bf3 Rh8 28. Be4 Bb3 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nf5+ Kf6 31. Nd6 Na5
32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Bxb7 Be7 34. Bxa6 Bxa4 35. f4 e4 36. b4 Ra8
37. Bb7 Rb8 38. Bxe4 cxb4 39. Bd5 Kg7 40. Ra1 Bc2 41. Ra7 Kf8
42. cxb4 Rd8 43. Be6 Rd3 44. Bc5 Bxc5 45. bxc5 Rc3 46. Rc7 Be4
47. Kh3 Ke8 48. f5 Rf3 49. c6 Bxf5+ 50. Bxf5 Rxf5 51. Rh7 Kd8
52. Kh4 Rc5 53. c7+ Kc8 54. Rxh5 Rc4+ 55. g4 Kxc7 56. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalie Fuad Kamel Jamaliah"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. h3 c5
7. c3 Nfd7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb5 b6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qc8
17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Qc1 Qb7 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qb1 Nc6
22. Nf3 b5 23. Bc2 b4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Be5 f6 26. Bc3 a5
27. Rd2 Bc6 28. Bd1 d4 29. Bxb4 Qxb4 30. Qc1 Bh6 31. Bb3+ Kg7
32. Re1 Bxf3 33. gxf3 c4 34. Bc2 dxe3 35. Rxd8 exf2+ 36. Kxf2
Rxd8 37. Qb1 Qc5+ 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 Qe3+
41. Kf1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pauline Guichard"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bd6
7. c3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8
12. N3h4 Na5 13. Bc2 d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc4 16. O-O Qd7
17. a4 Nd6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Nf5 Bc6 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. Re1 Kh8
22. Qh3 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Qh4 Nh7 25. Qg3 e4 26. Nd4 Qf6
27. axb5 Bd6 28. Qh3 axb5 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Qd7 Rd8 31. Qxb5
Be5 32. Bxe4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Qe7 34. Qe2 Rxd4 35. Bf3 Qxe2
36. Bxe2 Rd8 37. Bc4 f5 38. f3 Nf6 39. Be6 Re8 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatjana Melamed"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Bd3 Rd7 16. Rae1 Re8
17. Re2 Qd8 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. Bf2 h6 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Re3 Rc7
22. Bf2 Kh8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Qa8 25. Bd4 Rd7 26. Ne2 Red8
27. c3 Kg8 28. Re3 Rd5 29. Bc2 Rh5 30. Qg3 Ne8 31. Re5 Bh4
32. Qh3 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Bg5 34. Qg4 Rd7 35. Rf2 Qd8 36. Ng3 Qe7
37. Ne4 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 g6 39. Qc6 Nc7 40. g3 Kg7 41. h4 Bc1
42. Be4 h5 43. Kg2 Nd5 44. Bxd5 Rxd5 45. Qxa6 g5 46. hxg5 Qxg5
47. Qb7 Qg6 48. Rf6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. e5 Qxe5 11. Qf3 Qc7
12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Bb7 16. Qg3
O-O-O 17. Bf3 c5 18. Be7 Rdg8 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qb7
21. axb5 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Kd7 23. Bxc5 axb5 24. Ra7+ Kc6 25. Bd4
Rd8 26. c3 Nd7 27. Rfa1 e5 28. R1a6+ Kd5 29. Be3 f5 30. Rb7 f4
31. Ba7 Kc4 32. Rc6+ Kd5 33. Ra6 Kc4 34. Ra5 h5 35. Rbxb5 g5
36. Rb4+ Kd3 37. Rd5+ Kc2 38. Rb7 Rh7 39. Kf1 Nf6 40. Rxh7
Rxd5 41. Rh6 Nd7 42. c4 Ra5 43. Bb6 Ra6 44. c5 Nxc5 45. Rc6
Kxb2 46. Rxc5 Rxb6 47. Rxe5 Rg6 48. Rc5 Kb3 49. Kg2 Kb4
50. Rc8 Rd6 51. Rf8 Kc4 52. h4 gxh4 53. Rxf4+ Rd4 54. Rf8 Kd5
55. f4 Ke6 56. Kf3 Ra4 57. Re8+ Kf6 58. Re5 Ra3+ 59. Re3 Ra2
60. Rb3 Ra6 61. Rc3 Rb6 62. Ra3 Rb5 63. Kg2 Kf5 64. Kh3 Kxf4
65. Kxh4 Rb2 66. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andjelija Stojanovic"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Qe1 Qb6 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4
Bf4 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxc1
17. Rxc1 Qf4 18. Nc3 h5 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. gxh5 gxh5 21. Ne2
Qc7 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Qe3 e5 24. Nf5 b6 25. a4 h4 26. a5 g6
27. axb6 axb6 28. b4 Ne6 29. Qb3 Nf4 30. Ne3 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxc1
32. Rxc1 Kb7 33. b5 cxb5 34. Qxb5 Qc5 35. Qb3 Rhf8 36. Rb1 Nd7
37. Kg1 Rf6 38. Qd5+ Qxd5 39. exd5 Kc7 40. Ra1 Kd6 41. Ra7 Rc8
42. Bf1 Rf4 43. Bb5 Rc7 44. Ra8 Rf8 45. Ra4 Rf4 46. Ra8 Kc5
47. Bxd7 Rxd7 48. Rc8+ Kb5 49. c4+ Ka5 50. Ra8+ Kb4 51. Re8
Kc5 52. Rxe5 Rdf7 53. Rg5 Rxf2 54. Rxg6 Re2 55. Ng4 Ra7
56. Nf2 Ra1+ 57. Kg2 Raa2 58. Rf6 Kxc4 59. d6 Red2 60. Kf1 b5
61. Rf4+ Kb3 62. Rf3+ Ka4 63. Rf6 b4 64. Ke1 b3 65. Rf4+ Ka3
66. Ne4 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qd6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. e3 O-O 13. Bb5 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. a4 Raa8
17. f3 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Qc6 19. Qb1 Rac8 20. Rc1 Re6 21. Qb2 Qa8
22. c4 cxd4 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qxd4 Nc3 26. Kh1
Rc6 27. h4 Ne2 28. Qd3 Nc1 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qg4 Rd6 31. Ne4 Rd1+
32. Kh2 Qc6 33. f4 Rf1 34. Qxd7 Qxe4 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc7 Kg8
37. Bg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1 Qxe3+ 39. Kh2 Ne2 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qg4
Nxf4 42. Rf1 Nd5 43. Qg3 Qe8 44. h5 g5 45. Rf5 Ne3 46. Rf3 Nc4
47. Qc7 Qe6 48. Rf1 Ne3 49. Qc3+ Kg8 50. Re1 Ng4+ 51. Kg1 Qd7
52. Re4 Qd1+ 53. Qe1 Qd7 54. Qa1 Qc8 55. Rd4 Nf6 56. Kh1 Qe6
57. Rd8+ Kh7 58. Qc3 Qf5 59. Qf3 Qe5 60. Qd3+ Kg7 61. Qd4 Qe1+
62. Kh2 g4 63. g3 Qe2+ 64. Kg1 Qe1+ 65. Kg2 Qe2+ 66. Kg1 Qe1+
67. Kg2 Qe2+ 68. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anita Gara"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb6 Qf4
12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 d5 14. g3 Qb8 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd4 Bf6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe2 a5 19. Qe3 Qb4 20. b3 Nd5 21. Qf3 Bb7
22. Re5 Qd6 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. h4 c5 26. Re1 Rac8
27. h5 Nf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Nc3 Kg7 30. Nb5 Qc6 31. f3 Rh8
32. Be4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rh3 34. Rf4 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Rh3 36. Qe5+
Kg8 37. Qf6 Rf8 38. Rg1 Rh6 39. Nc3 Qd7 40. Rd1 Qc7 41. Nb5
Qc8 42. c4 e5 43. Rg4 Qe6 44. Qg5 Kh7 45. Rd6 Qf5 46. Qxf5
gxf5 47. Rg5 e4 48. Rxh6+ Kxh6 49. Rxf5 Rd8 50. Rxf7 Ba8
51. fxe4 Bxe4 52. Rc7 Bb1 53. Nc3 Bxa2 54. Nxa2 Rd2+ 55. Ke3
Rxa2 56. Rxc5 Kg6 57. Kd4 Ra3 58. Rb5 Kf7 59. Kc5 Ke7 60. Kc6
Ra1 61. Kc7 a4 62. bxa4 Rxa4 63. c5 Rc4 64. c6 Rc1 65. Re5+
Kf6 66. Re4 Kf5 67. Re8 Kf6 68. Kd7 Rd1+ 69. Kc8 Kf7 70. Re4
Rc1 71. c7 Rc2 72. Kd7 Rd2+ 73. Kc6 Rc2+ 74. Kd6 Rd2+ 75. Kc5
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bxc5
12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 g5 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bb6
17. a3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Bb1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qe4
22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Kf1
Kf7 27. Rc1 Rd2 28. b4 Ra2 29. Rxc6 Rxa3 30. Bc7 Ra1+ 31. Ke2
Ra2+ 32. Kf1 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Adriana Nikolova"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6
7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. h4 h6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Bc4 e6
12. Bb3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Rhe1 e5 15. Qd3 b5 16. f4 Nd7
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Rf1 Be7 20. g4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Rf8
22. Rf3 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Kb1 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Ne5 26. Qd2 Qe7
27. Rh1 Rg8 28. Rxh6 Rxg4 29. Bxf7+ Nxf7 30. Rxg4 Nxh6
31. Qxh6 Qf7 32. Rg1 Qc4 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Qh6+
Ke5 36. Rg5+ Kd4 37. c3+ Kd3 38. Qh3+ Kxe4 39. Qh4+ Kd3
40. Rg3+ Kd2 41. Qh2+ Qe2 42. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O
7. h3 d5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. Qd2 Re8
12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Rae1 Rb8 14. b3 Ne6 15. Ng5 Ng7 16. g4 f6
17. Nf3 f5 18. Qg5 fxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 20. Nh2 Ne6 21. Qh4 Nd4
22. f4 e6 23. Rf2 Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Na4 Bg7 26. c3 Nb5
27. Bf6 Rb7 28. g5 Bxf6 29. gxf6 c4 30. d4 cxb3 31. axb3 a5
32. Nf3 h6 33. Rg2 Kf7 34. Kh1 Qh8 35. Rh2 Rg8 36. Rg1 Kf8
37. Qxh6+ Qxh6 38. Rxh6 Nxc3 39. Nxc3 Rxb3 40. Rc1 a4 41. Nd2
Rb2 42. Rh2 a3 43. Ra1 g5 44. f5 Rc2 45. Rxa3 exf5 46. Ra7
Rxc3 47. Rhh7 g4 48. Ra8 Rh3+ 49. Rxh3 gxh3 50. Rxc8+ Kf7
51. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qe2+ Qe7
7. dxc5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bxc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ba7
12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Nfd4 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Nf6
17. Rfe1 Re8 18. h3 h6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Rab8 22. Rd4 Rb6 23. Ra4 Reb8 24. Be2 Ra8 25. Nc5 Rxb2
26. Bxa6 Bf5 27. g4 Bc2 28. Rb4 Rxa2 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Nxd3 Ne4
31. Ne5 c5 32. Rb7 R2a7 33. Rxa7 Rxa7 34. f3 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Ra2+
36. Kg1 Ng5 37. f4 Ne4 38. Nd3 c4 39. Nb4 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Rd1
41. Nxd5 Nc5 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nc6 Nd3 44. Ne5 Nxf4+ 45. Kg3
Nd5 46. Rf3 f6 47. Nxc4 Rc1 48. Ne3 Nxc3 49. Nf5 Ne4+ 50. Kf4
Rc4 51. Ra3 Nd6+ 52. Kf3 Nxf5 53. gxf5 h5 54. Ra8+ Kf7
55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Kg3 h4+ 57. Kf3 Kh7 58. Ra1 Kh6 59. Rg1 Rc3+
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2 Na6
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Qd6 Qxa3 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Ne2
Ne5 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. e5 f6
22. f4 fxe5 23. fxe5 a4 24. c6 Rec8 25. c7 Re8 26. Rb4 Nb6
27. Nc6 Kf7 28. Bc5 Nd5 29. Rxa4 Bb5 30. Nd8+ Kg6 31. Rg4+ Kf5
32. Rxg7 Nxc7 33. g4+ Ke4 34. Rd4+ Kxe5 35. Be7 Nd5 36. Nf7#
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qd3 11. Ne1 Qd7
12. Qe2 e6 13. Nac2 Nd5 14. d3 Bd6 15. Ra4 O-O 16. Rh4 Ne5
17. g3 Ng6 18. Re4 e5 19. Ng2 b5 20. Qf3 f5 21. Ree1 Bc7
22. h4 Nf6 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 e4 25. Qe2 f4 26. f3 fxg3
27. fxe4 Qh3 28. Nge3 Nxe4 29. Qg2 Nf2 30. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2
Nhf4+ 32. Kxg3 Nd3+ 33. Kg4 Nxe1 34. Nxe1 Rxf1 35. Nxf1 Re8
36. Nc2 Re4+ 37. Kf3 Rxh4 38. d5 Ne5+ 39. Ke2 Re4+ 40. Kf2
Bb6+ 41. Kg3 g5 42. d6 Kf7 43. d7 Nxd7 44. Bxg5 Nf6 45. Nd2
Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Qd2 f6
12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 g6 14. Bd3 Bh6 15. Qb4 Qc7 16. Bxf5 gxf5
17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. h4 Rag8 20. hxg5 Rxg5 21. Qh4
Qxc2 22. g3 f4 23. Rc1 Qd3 24. Rc3 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2+ 26. Rc2
Qa3 27. gxf4 exf4 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Qxf4 Rxd5+ 30. Bd4 Rg8
31. Re2 Qb4+ 32. Ke3 Ne5 33. Qxf6+ Kd7 34. Qf5+ Kd8 35. Qc8+
Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. b3 Qf5 11. Na3 e6
12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. a4 Nd5 14. c4 Nf4 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4
17. Ne1 a6 18. Nd3 Qf5 19. Rc1 e5 20. f3 Qe6 21. c5 f5 22. Na3
e4 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. b4 d3 26. b5 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1
Bxa3 28. bxc6 Bxc1 29. Qb3 bxc6 30. Qb6 Rd6 31. Qxa6+ Kd8
32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Qd7 34. Qa5 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Rb8 36. Qe5+
Re6 37. Qxb8 Rf6 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Rxf6+ gxf6 40. Qxe4 f5
41. Qh4 d2 42. Qxh7+ Ke6 43. Qg6+ Kd5 44. Qg8+ Kc5 45. Qf8+
Kc4 46. Qg8+ Qd5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nbd7 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Rfd1
Rac8 17. Rac1 a6 18. f4 b5 19. Kf3 Nb6 20. g4 Nfd5 21. Ne4 a5
22. Bd4 Ba3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. f5 Nd5 26. Rd2 h5
27. fxe6 hxg4+ 28. Kxg4 fxe6 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Nxe6 Ne3+ 31. Kh3
Rf6 32. Ndf4 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1
h6 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bb5 Ndb4 14. Ne5 Nxa2 15. Rc5 Nab4 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Ba4 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Qxb4 Rb8 20. Qc3 Bb5
21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. h3 Rxc5 23. Nxc5 Qd5 24. Nb3 Qe4 25. Nd2
Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 c5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nfd7 11. b3 a6 12. f4
Qc7 13. f5 e5 14. Nc2 b5 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4
18. Rxa4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. Ra3 Qb7 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. exd5 Bd8 24. b4 Rc8 25. h3 Bb6+ 26. Kh2 Bd4 27. Qd3 Rc7
28. c5 dxc5 29. d6 e4 30. dxc7 Qxc7 31. Bxe4 Rd8 32. Qf3 Bg1+
33. Kxg1 Rxd2 34. Rd3 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 h6 36. bxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Kg2
a5 38. g4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 Be7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Be2 Nf4 16. d3 Nxg2+
17. Kf1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. b4 Nb7 21. h5 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Qe5 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Kg2 Nd8 25. h6 g6 26. c3 Ne6
27. d4 Qf5 28. Rh4 Ng5 29. Nxg5 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qxg5+ 31. Rg4
Qxh6 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qxf4 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Rc8 35. Rf6 a5
36. bxa5 Bxa5 37. c4 Bc3 38. Rd6 c5 39. dxc5 Rxc5 40. Bd5 Rc7
41. Rxg6+ Kf8 42. Ra6 Bd4 43. f4 Ra7 44. Rd6 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 e4 9. Nd2 Qg5 10. Bf1 Qg6 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Re8 13. Qb3 h5 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 h4 16. O-O hxg3
17. fxg3 b6 18. Rf4 Bb7 19. Raf1 Re7 20. d5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1
Nb6 12. Bb3 Ne7 13. Ne4 c6 14. Nc5 Ned5 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Ne5
Bf5 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Qg3 Nc7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re4 Nbd5 21. Rh4
Nf6 22. Bc2 Qe7 23. Qh3 g5 24. Rh6 Qg7 25. Bxh7+ Nxh7 26. Rg6
Rbd8 27. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne7 6. Bd3 c5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qg4 g6 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Nf3 e5 11. Qa4 O-O
12. O-O Be6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Qh4 f6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Bc4 Nce7
17. Bb3 Kh8 18. f4 e4 19. Qe1 Rad8 20. Be3 Nf5 21. Bd4 Kg7
22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rb1 Re7 24. Rb3 Qc6 25. g4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 e3
27. Qe2 Re4 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rd3 Rxd4 30. Qxe3 Qxc5 31. Rxd4
Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rb1 b6 34. Rb4 Rxb4 35. axb4 a5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rfd1 Qc8
12. Bh2 e5 13. Rac1 g6 14. b4 Bg7 15. Qb3 h6 16. a3 Ne4
17. Nd5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ndf6 19. Nb5 c6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Nxd6
Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Be5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. c5 Qf5 25. Bd3 Qh5
26. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. a4 a6 11. Ne1 c5
12. Nxc5 Nxd4 13. Nxd7 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qxd7 15. Nd3 Rc8
16. Rfc1 Rc4 17. b3 Re4 18. Qf1 O-O 19. f3 Rh4 20. g3 Rh5
21. g4 Rh4 22. Be1 Rh6 23. Bd2 Rh4 24. Be1 Rc8 25. Bxh4 Bxh4
26. Qg2 Rc3 27. g5 Qe7 28. f4 Qc7 29. Qd2 Be4 30. a5 h6
31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Qe2 Bxd3 33. Qg4+ Kh7 34. Qxh4 Qc5+ 35. Qf2
Qc8 36. Rd1 Be4 37. Rd2 Qg8+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Nb5 Qe8 13. a4 Ne4 14. Nxa7 Ra8 15. Nb5 c4 16. Nd2 f5
17. b3 g5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Be3 Bb4 20. bxc4 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Qg6
22. Qd2 Rac8 23. c5 Bc6 24. Bxg5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxb5 26. axb5
Nb4 27. Be3 d4 28. Qxd4 Na2 29. Qc4+ Qf7 30. Rc2 Qxc4 31. Rxc4
Rfd8 32. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne7 6. Bd3 c5
7. exd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd4 Nxc5 11. Bxg7 Rg8
12. Bf6 Rxg2 13. Qf3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Rg6 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Qf4
Qa6 17. Bxe7 Qxd3 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Kxe7 20. Nf4 Rd6
21. Rg1 Bf5 22. O-O-O Be4 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Kd2 Rc5 25. Rb4 b6
26. Rg5 Rh6 27. h3 Rhc6 28. Rd4 Rd6 29. Re5+ Kd7 30. Rh5 Ra5
31. a4 Kc6 32. Re5 b5 33. axb5+ Rxb5 34. Re7 Rb2+ 35. Ke1 Rb7
36. Re8 Kd7 37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rg8 Rb2 39. Ra4 Rd7 40. Ra8 Rbb7
41. Ne2 Rbc7 42. Kd2 d4 43. Rb8 dxc3+ 44. Kc1 f5 45. Nd4 Rb7
46. Rxb7 Rxb7 47. Ne2 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4
7. Nfd2 Bc5 8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Re1 h5 11. Nb3 Bb4
12. c3 Bd6 13. N1d2 Ba6 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qe6
17. h4 a5 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Ne3 Nfxe4 20. Nf5 Nxg5 21. Nxg7+
Kd7 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Be4 Nc5
26. Bf5+ Ke7 27. Nc4 Kf6 28. Ne3 Na4 29. Rab1 Bc5 30. Bc2 Bxe3
31. Rxe3 Nc5 32. Rbe1 Rbe8 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Ne6 35. Rxe5
Rd8 36. Rf5+ Kg7 37. Bb3 Nd4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf4 Nxb3
40. axb3 Rd6 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8
11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O Kd8 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Ng5
Rf8 16. Nc3 h6 17. Nge4 Ne8 18. Re3 d6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. d5 a5
21. Ne2 a4 22. Nd4 Ra5 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. dxe6 Re8
26. f4 c6 27. Rce1 Ke7 28. h3 Rf8 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Rd4 Nc7
31. g4 g6 32. Rb4 b5 33. Re2 c5 34. Rbe4 b4 35. Nd1 d5 36. Re5
Rxf4 37. Ne3 c4 38. h4 a3 39. bxa3 Rxa3 40. h5 d4 41. Nd5+
Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 43. Kf2 Re3 44. Rxe3 dxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Kxe6
46. Rb5 c3 47. hxg6 Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Kd3 h5 50. Kc2 h4
51. a3 h3 52. Rb7+ Kxg6 53. Rb8 Rh4 54. Rg8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Ne2 Qc7 13. h4 Nd7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g4 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bb7
17. Rh3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne2 Rb8 20. Bd4 e5 21. Bc3 Bc8
22. Rhh1 Be6 23. Ng3 Rb5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 O-O 26. Rhg1
Kh7 27. Qg2 Bf6 28. Qf2 Rfb8 29. Ka1 Qb7 30. Rb1 d5 31. exd5
Rxd5 32. Qe2 Qb5 33. Rg4 Rc8 34. Re4 Rcc5 35. h5 Qd7 36. Rxc4
Qxf5 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 g6 39. hxg6+ fxg6 40. Rh1 h5 41. a4
Kh6 42. Kb1 g5 43. Kc1 h4 44. Bd2 Kh5 45. b4 Rc7 46. Be3 Rc3
47. Kb2 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 e4+ 49. Kb3 exf3 50. Rxf3 Bg7 51. c4 Rd2
52. c5 g4 53. Rf5+ Kg6 54. Rf4 Kg5 55. Rxg4+ Kxg4 56. Rg1+ Kf3
57. Rxg7 h3 58. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5
7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 a5 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Ngf6
12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bh6 Bc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc2 e6
17. e5 Nfd7 18. exd6 Bxf3 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. gxf3 Rac8 21. Ne2
Rfd8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Bb5 Nc4 25. Qd3 Nd6 26. c4
Nf5 27. Qc3 Rd6 28. Rfd1 Rdd8 29. Rac1 Nh4 30. d5 exd5
31. cxd5 Qd6 32. Ng3 Qf4 33. Qe3 Nxf3+ 34. Kh1 Nxd5 35. Qxf4
Nxf4 36. Ne4 Rbc8 37. Ng3 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rc2 39. Ne4 f5
40. Nd6 Rxf2 41. Nc4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Re8
12. Rac1 Bf8 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Nf1 Bg7 15. Ne3 Nh5 16. g3 Nf6
17. a3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ng5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f4 Ne6
22. Be4 dxe4 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Nc4 Ba6 25. b4 Bb7 26. Rd1
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Nd6 e3 29. Qd3 Bc6 30. Bc3 e2 31. Kf2
g5 32. f5 Nc7 33. Qxe2 Nd5 34. Bb2 h6 35. f6 Bf8 36. Qc4 Ba8
37. Nf5 Bb7 38. h4 Rc8 39. Qe2 a5 40. hxg5 axb4 41. e6 Bc5+
42. Ke1 bxa3 43. Qh5 Bb4+ 44. Kd1 Ne3+ 45. Nxe3 Bf3+ 46. Qxf3
axb2 47. exf7+ Kf8 48. Qe4 Rc1+ 49. Ke2 Re1+ 50. Kf3 Kxf7
51. g6+ Kxf6 52. Qf5+ Ke7 53. g7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O d4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 O-O
12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Bc5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Rc4 b5 16. Rxd4 Bxd4
17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. h3 h6 20. Bf3 Rfe8 21. Qa5 a6
22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bf3 b4 24. Bc6 Bxc6 25. Qxa6 Rbc8 26. Rc1 Nd5
27. Nf5 Qf4 28. Nxg7 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5
7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. O-O-O b4 13. Rhe1 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd5 15. Be4 Qxa2 16. Bxc6
Rb8 17. h3 Nxf2 18. e6+ f6 19. Rd4 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Qc5
Kh8 22. Qxe7 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Qa1 24. Rd7 Qd1+ 25. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Qe3
h6 17. Nd2 b5 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. d5 a6 21. dxe6 Nc5
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Qd6 Nxb3 24. Ne5 Kh7 25. axb3 Qg5 26. h4 Qf6
27. h5 Rc2 28. f3 Qh4 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. fxg4 Kh7
32. Rd7 Bc6 33. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. b4 Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. g3 b6 12. O-O
a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra7 16. f5 e5 17. dxe5
bxc5 18. bxc5 Re8 19. e6 Nxc5 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rac1 Raa8
22. Qd1 Qd6 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Rxc6 Qd8 25. Qxa4 Bf6 26. Rd1 Re7
27. Rc5 Qd7 28. Qb3 Qxf5 29. Rdxd5 Qe6 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Ng5+
Bxg5 32. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nc6
12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Re3 Rfc8
17. Rc1 Qd6 18. a4 Rc7 19. Rg3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qe2 Qd5
22. Nxg6 Bxg6 23. h4 h5 24. Bf4 Rc6 25. Be5 Rac8 26. Rg5 Rxc3
27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Bxg7 Qc4 29. Qe5 Qc7 30. f4 Qxe5 31. Bxe5
Rd3 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. Ke2 Ra3 34. d5 f6 35. Bxf6 Bd3+ 36. Kf2
exd5 37. f5 Rxa4 38. Ke3 Bc2 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. Rf7 Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. a3 a6 11. Nf3 b5 12. O-O
Qb6 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be8 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 Ra7
18. Rc2 Nc4 19. Bf2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rdc8 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. e4
dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qb5 25. Qe3 Qd5 26. Qg3 Ba4
27. Rd2 h5 28. Rc3 Rb7 29. Be3 Bd8 30. Rf2 Rb3 31. f5 f6
32. fxe6 Qxe6 33. Ng6 Qe4 34. Nh4 Bd7 35. Bh6 g5 36. Bxg5 fxg5
37. Qd6 Qe7 38. Qg6+ Qg7 39. Qxa6 Rxc3 40. bxc3 gxh4 41. Qd6
Rc6 42. Qd5+ Re6 43. Rf5 Bf6 44. Qxc4 Qg6 45. Rf1 Kg7 46. d5
Re7 47. d6 Bxh3 48. Qc6 Re4 49. Qb7+ Kg8 50. Rf2 Re1+ 51. Rf1
Rxf1+ 52. Kxf1 Be6 53. Qa8+ Kh7 54. Qb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olga Girya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 e5 9. Ba3 exd4 10. exd4 Nh5 11. Qd2 Bg4
12. Bb2 Re8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Nxf7 Qf6 16. Nxe2
Qxb2 17. Nh6+ Kf8 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rae1 a5 20. Ng4 a4 21. Ne3
axb3 22. axb3 Ra2 23. g4 Ng7 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Rfe1 h5 26. h3
hxg4 27. hxg4 Kf7 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. Nc3 Rb2 30. Nb5 Re7 31. Kf1
Be5 32. Re2 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Ne8 34. Ra2 Nf6 35. Ra7 Ne4 36. Na3
Rb2 37. Nd1 Ra2 38. Nb5 Rxa7 39. Nxa7 Kf6 40. b4 Rh7 41. Nb5
Rh2+ 42. Kf3 Ng5+ 43. Ke3 c6 44. dxc6 bxc6 45. Na7 c5 46. b5
Bd4+ 47. Ke2 Nh3 48. Rf3+ Kg5 49. Rf8 d5 50. b6 Nf4+ 51. Ke1
dxc4 52. b7 c3 53. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 54. Kd1 Rxf2 55. Rxf4 Rb2
56. Rf7 Be5 57. Nc6 Bf4 58. Rxf4 Kxf4 59. b8=Q+ Rxb8 60. Nxb8
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 g6 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6
12. Qd5 c6 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. a4 g5 16. Qb6 Rd7
17. Rb1 Qd8 18. Qe3 g4 19. b4 h5 20. b5 c5 21. bxa6 bxa6
22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1
Be5 27. Nb6+ Kd8 28. Qd5 Qb7 29. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oksana Gritsayeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 e5 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Qg4 h5
12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Be3 h4 14. Nf1 Nf8 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. O-O Qe7
17. a4 O-O-O 18. Nc4 f5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxa7 Nf4 21. Qf3 fxe4
22. Qxe4 c5 23. a5 Rd4 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. a6 e4 26. Qg4+ Kc7
27. Bb8+ Kxb8 28. a7+ Kc7 29. a8=Q Rxa8 30. Rxa8 Ne6 31. Qxg6
exd3 32. cxd3 Qf6 33. Qe8 Nd8 34. Qb5 Bf8 35. Rc1 Qc6 36. Qa5+
b6 37. Qa6 Kd7 38. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Chengdu CHN"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 d5 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. c4 b5 16. Rac1 bxc4 17. Bxc4
Qb7 18. Rc3 Bd7 19. Rb3 Bb5 20. a4 Qc6 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Rc1
Qd7 23. axb5 Qd5 24. Bf2 Rfc8 25. Rbc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxb5
27. h3 h5 28. Qd4 Ra4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qd1 g6 31. Rc7 Bf8
32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rc7 Ra2 34. Bd4 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 Qb6+ 36. Qd4
Qxc7 37. Qxe4 Kf7 38. Kh2 Be7 39. Qd3 Qb7 40. Ba3 Bxa3
41. Qxa3 Qe4 42. Qa7+ Kg8 43. Qf2 Kh7 44. Kg3 g5 45. Qf3 h4+
46. Kf2 Qc2+ 47. Qe2 Qc5+ 48. Kf3 Kh6 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. Qd2+
Kh5 51. Qf4 Qc3+ 52. Kf2 Qc5+ 53. Kf1 Qb5+ 54. Kg1 Qb1+
55. Kh2 Qe1 56. Qg4+ Kh6 57. Qxe6+ Kg7 58. Qf6+ Kg8 59. Qf4
Kg7 60. e6 Kg6 61. Qf7+ Kg5 62. Qg7+ Kh5 63. Qg4+ Kh6 64. Qf4+
Kg6 65. Qd6 Kf6 66. Qd8+ Kg6 67. Qd3+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kh6 69. Qd6
Kg7 70. Qd4+ Kh6 71. Qc4 Qg3+ 72. Kg1 Qe1+ 73. Qf1 Qxe6
74. Qf4+ Kh5 75. Kf2 Qa2+ 76. Kf3 Qd5+ 77. Qe4 Qf7+ 78. Ke3
Qg7 79. Qf5+ Kh6 80. Qf4+ Kh5 81. Qf3+ Kh6 82. Qc6+ Kg5
83. Qb5+ Kh6 84. Qb6+ Kh5 85. Qa5+ Kh6 86. Qd5 Qg3+ 87. Ke2
Qg7 88. Qe4 Qf6 89. Ke3 Qc3+ 90. Ke2 Qf6 91. Ke3 Qc3+ 92. Kf4
Qf6+ 93. Qf5 Qd4+ 94. Kf3 Qc3+ 95. Kf2 Qd2+ 96. Kf3 Qc3+
97. Ke4 Qe1+ 98. Kd5 Qd2+ 99. Ke5 Qxg2 100. Qf6+ Qg6
101. Qxh4+ Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Chengdu CHN"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4
Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O
dxe5 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. Qe3 c6 14. Bf3 Bb6 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Rab1
Qf4 17. g3 Qxc4 18. Qxe5 O-O-O 19. Qxg7 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Bxf2+
21. Kh1 Qc2 22. Qf6 Bb6 23. Be7 Rde8 24. Bd6 h5 25. Rae1 Qf5
26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bxc6 Bd3 29. Rf3 Re1+ 30. Kg2
Bc4 31. Rf4 Rg1+ 32. Kh3 Be6+ 33. Kh4 bxc6 34. Kxh5 Rd1
35. Be7 Rd5+ 36. Kh4 Rd2 37. h3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Chengdu CHN"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2
Qf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rac1 Rxc1
21. Nxc1 Rc8 22. Qb4 b6 23. Nd3 Rc4 24. Qd6 Bb5 25. Ne5 Rxd4
26. Rc1 h6 27. h3 Kh7 28. Nf3 Qf4 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30. Rc7 d4
31. Rxa7 Bc6 32. Nd2 Rf5 33. f3 Rc5 34. Nb3 d3 35. Kf2 Re5
36. Rc7 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Bb5 38. Rc8 Rxb2 39. Rd8 Bc4 40. Rd4 b5
41. Nc5 Rxa2 42. h4 Re2 43. Ne4 e5 44. Rd7 b4 45. Nf6+ Kg6
46. Ne8 d2 47. h5+ Kf5 48. Rd6 e4 49. Nxg7+ Ke5 50. Ne8 exf3
51. gxf3 Bb3 52. f4+ Kf5 53. Kf3 Rxe8 54. Rxd2 Re4 55. Rd6
Rxf4+ 56. Kg3 Be6 57. Rb6 Rd4 58. Rb5+ Kf6 59. Rb6 b3 60. Rb5
Rd5 0-1

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Chengdu CHN"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dinara Saduakassova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Nd2
f5 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. Nb3 Qh5 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. a4 Nf6 17. a5 Rab8
18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Bd8 20. Bb2 Bc8 21. Bg2 Qh6 22. e3 Ng4
23. h3 Nf6 24. Bc1 Qh5 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Qc2 Bd7 27. Bd2 Ne4
28. Be1 Qh5 29. Nd2 Ng5 30. h4 Nf7 31. Bh3 Bc8 32. Kg2 Nh8
33. e4 f4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qd3 Qg6 36. Nf3 Qg4 37. Nh2 f3+
38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Nxg4 Rd3 40. Ne3 Ng6 41. Kf3 h5 42. Ke2 Rb3
43. Kd1 b5 44. cxb5 Nf8 45. Kc2 Rxe3 46. fxe3 Nd7 47. b6 Nxb6
48. Kd3 Rb8 49. Bd2 Nc8 50. Ra6 Nb6 51. Rfa1 Kf7 52. Ra7 Ke8
53. Bc3 Kd7 54. Rf1 Bf6 55. Rf5 Rh8 56. b5 Nc8 57. Rb7 Ne7
58. b6 Kc8 59. Rxc7+ Kb8 60. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Chengdu CHN"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6
cxb6 17. Na3 Nc5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 Nb4 22. Rd4 Nxa2 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nd6 Nc1 25. Kf1 Ne6
26. Rd1 Nb3 27. Nd2 Nbc5 28. N2e4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rc8 30. g3 h6
31. Rd2 Rc4 32. Nd6 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 g5 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Kf3 Re1
36. g4 h5 37. h3 h4 38. Rd6 a5 39. Rd5 b4 40. Nd6 a4 41. Nf5+
Kg6 42. Ra5 Ra1 43. Ke4 b3 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nd5 Kg7 46. Nc3
Ra2 47. Ke3 Rxb2 48. Rxa4 Rc2 49. Ne4 Rc1 50. Rb4 Re1+ 51. Kd2
Rb1 52. Nd6 Nc5 53. Nf5+ Kh7 54. Rb5 Ne4+ 55. Ke3 b2 56. Kxe4
Re1+ 57. Ne3 b1=Q+ 58. Rxb1 Rxb1 59. Kf5 Rh1 60. Kxg5 Rxh3
61. Nf5 Rh2 62. Nxh4 Rxf2 63. Nf5 Kg8 64. Kf6 Rg2 65. e6 fxe6
66. Kxe6 Kh7 67. Kf6 Rxg4 68. Ne3 Rg6+ 69. Kf5 Kg7 70. Nd5 Ra6
71. Ke5 Kf7 72. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.17"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Berezina"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6
7. Bh6 Qc7 8. h4 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Ng4 10. Qd2 e5 11. h5 b5
12. hxg6 fxg6 13. a4 d5 14. axb5 Qg7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. O-O-O a6 18. bxc6 dxe4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nxe4 Ra7
21. f4 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Rd8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.18"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irina Berezina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Nc3 b5 10. a3 Na5 11. Bf4 Nb3 12. Rb1
a6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rbd1 Re8 15. h3 Qd7 16. g4 Rbd8 17. g5 Nh5
18. Be3 g6 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Bf3 Ng7 21. Ng4 c5 22. dxc5 Qc6
23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h4 Bxc5 26. Bxc5+ Qxc5 27. Bg4
Rd3 28. Qf1 Nd2 29. Qg2 Nf5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Be2 Rd6 32. Bf3
Qe5 33. Rd1 fxe4 34. Bg4 a5 35. Re1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.20"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shen Yang"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4
12. Bf4 f5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. g4 Ne4 16. Be5 Rg8
17. Nf3 Bb4 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Ncxe4 fxe4 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. h4
O-O-O 22. O-O-O Rgf8 23. Rdf1 Nc5 24. dxc5 Bxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Qxe5
26. Kc1 d4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Kb1 Rd2 29. h5 g5 30. h6 Kb8
31. Rd1 Rdxf2 32. Rhe1 Kc8 33. a3 Re8 34. Qb4 e3 35. Qd4 Qxd4
36. Rxd4 Rf4 37. Rd3 e2 38. Kc2 Rxg4 39. Kd2 Rge4 40. Rg3 Rd8+
41. Kc2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.21"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Nd5 c5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. h3 Be6 16. Ba2 Qf6
17. a4 Rfb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qe2
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qf4 23. Ra7 Rd8 24. b3 h6 25. Qe1 b4 26. Qe2 Kh8
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nxe5 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Ra7 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Qxe6
Qg5 32. Nf8+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.23"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 b6 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Rh4
Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nbc6 14. dxc5 Qb5+ 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Ng6
17. Re4 bxc5 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Qxc4 a6 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Rb1 b4
22. Rc4 bxa3 23. Rxc5 Nge7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Nd2 Kd7 26. Nc4 Nd5
27. Rb5 Nd4 28. Rxd5+ exd5 29. Nb6+ Ke6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. c3
Nc6 32. Bc1 a2 33. Ke2 Nxe5 34. Kd2 h5 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Kb3 Nd3
37. Ba3 Nxf2 38. Rxa2 Ne4 39. Re2 Kg4 40. c4 dxc4+ 41. Kxc4
Rxa3 42. Rxe4+ Kg3 43. Re5 h4 44. Rg5+ Kh2 45. Rg7 Rg3
46. Rxf7 Kxg2 47. Rd7 Rg4+ 48. Kc3 h3 49. Rd2+ Kg3 50. Rd3+
Kh4 51. Rd2 Rg3+ 52. Kc4 Rg2 53. Rd8 h2 54. Kd3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.24"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5
12. Be3 a5 13. Bd4 Re8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5 a4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Rc1 Ra5 18. f4 b6 19. Rf2 h5 20. Rc3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc5
22. Kh2 Qd7 23. Bf1 Qe7 24. Rcf3 Bc8 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. f5 g5
27. f6 Qe5 28. Qe3 Bb7 29. h4 Re6 30. hxg5 Bxe4 31. Rf4 Bxd3
32. Qxd3 Qxg5 33. Qf3 Rce5 34. Qg2 Re1 35. Rf5 Qg4 36. R5f4
Qg6 37. Rf5 Re8 38. Qh3 R8e2 39. Qg2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxf5
41. Re2 Rf1 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qxa4 Qxf6 44. Qc2+ Kg7 45. Qd2 h4
46. Rg2 Kf8 47. Qd5 hxg3+ 48. Rxg3 Qh4+ 49. Rh3 Qf4+ 50. Rg3
Rf2+ 51. Kh3 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.25"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 a6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. Na4 Nd7 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bh5
12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qh4 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bd4
Rac8 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rd4 Qf6 20. Rfd1 b5 21. e4
Qe5 22. f4 Qb8 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 b4 26. f5
bxc3 27. bxc3 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. a4 h6 30. Rd4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2
Qb8+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rc8 34. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 35. Kf2 Ra3
36. Ra5 h5 37. Rxa6 h4 38. Ra7 f6 39. a5 Kh7 40. a6 Kh6
41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. Ke3 Ra2 44. Kd4 Rxg2 45. Rc7 Ra2
46. a7 Kg5 47. Rxg7+ Kxf5 48. Kc5 Kf4 49. Rg4+ Ke3 50. Kb6 f5
51. Rxh4 Kf3 52. Rh8 Kg3 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 Kxh3 55. Rf8
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.25"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2
Qf6 17. Qc5 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qd6 Be8 20. Rd2 Kh8 21. Bb5
Na5 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Qb4 b6 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Nc3 Qf6 26. Nb5
a6 27. Nc3 Nc4 28. Rdd1 Rf7 29. Rd3 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. b3
Na3 32. h4 Kg8 33. Na4 Rc6 34. Re1 Rec7 35. Kh2 Nb5 36. h5 Rf7
37. Kg3 Rf5 38. h6 gxh6 39. f4 Kf7 40. Kf3 h5 41. Rh1 Ke7
42. Nb2 Rc2 43. Nd1 Rxa2 44. Ne3 Rf7 45. Rxh5 Nd6 46. Rc3 Ne4
47. Rc7+ Ke8 48. Rxf7 Kxf7 49. Rxh7+ Kg6 50. Rb7 Rf2+ 51. Kg4
Re2 52. f5+ exf5+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Nc3 55. Rxb6+ Kg5
56. Rf6 Re2 57. Rxf5+ Kg6 58. Rf3 Nd1 59. Kf4 Nxe3 60. Rxe3
Rxg2 61. Re6+ Kf7 62. Rxa6 Re2 63. Kf5 Re4 64. Ra7+ Ke8
65. Ra5 Rxd4 66. Ke6 Re4+ 67. Kxd5 Rb4 68. Ra3 Kd7 69. Kc5 Rh4
70. Kb6 Rb4+ 71. Kc5 Rh4 72. b4 Kc7 73. Ra7+ Kb8 74. Re7 Rh5+
75. Kb6 Rh6+ 76. Ka5 Rg6 77. Rf7 Rh6 78. Rf8+ Kb7 79. Rf5 Ra6+
80. Kb5 Rb6+ 81. Kc4 Rc6+ 82. Kb3 Rh6 83. Rc5 Rg6 84. Rf5 Rh6
85. Rf7+ Kb6 86. Ka4 Rg6 87. Rf8 Rh6 88. Rb8+ Ka7 89. Rb5 Rg6
90. Ra5+ Kb6 91. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "Chengdu CHN"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shahenda Wafa"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.Bd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne5 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Bf4 Bg4
13.f3 Bd7 14.Nd2 Ng6 15.Bg3 Qb8 16.c3 a5 17.b3 Bf6 18.Ne4 Be5
19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Bf2 Qb7 21.c4 bxc4 22.bxc4 Qb4 23.Qc2 Ba4 24.Qc1
Bf4 25.a3 Qb7 26.Qc3 Be5 27.g3 f5 28.Ng5 c5 29.dxc6 Bxc6
30.Rab1 Qd7 31.Qd3 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Rae8 33.Bc3 h6 34.Rxe8 Rxe8
35.Nh3 Qa7+ 36.Nf2 Kh7 37.Bd4 Qf7 38.Rd1 Rb8 39.Re1 a4 40.Re3
Rb3 41.Qe2 Rb1+ 42.Kg2 Nh4+ 43.gxh4 Qg6+ 44.Kh3 Rg1 45.Ng4
fxg4+ 46.fxg4 Bg2+ 47.Qxg2 Rxg2 48.Kxg2 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anastasia Travkina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Qc5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Ng3 h5
17. h4 Bh6 18. Qe2 Qe3 19. Nxh5 Ke7 20. Qf1 Bxe4 21. Rh3 Bxd3
22. Rxd3 Qc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bxc1 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Kxc1 Kxf5
26. Rxd6 Rag8 27. Rf3+ Ke4 28. Rxf7 Rxg2 29. Rf1 Rxh4 30. Re1+
Kf5 31. Rd8 Rhh2 32. Rf8+ Ke6 33. Re8+ Kd7 34. R1xe5 Rxc2+
35. Kd1 Rhd2+ 36. Ke1 Rxb2 37. R8e7+ Kc6 38. R7e6+ Kc7
39. Re7+ Kc6 40. R7e6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Nf3 Nc5
17. Rg1 Bf5 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. c4 Kf8 21. Rg5 Rxg5
22. Nxg5 b5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 bxc4 25. Kb1 c3 26. Rc1 Qb6
27. b3 f5 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Bd3 e4 30. Bc2 Qc5 31. Ka1 Rh8
32. Qe1 Rxh2 33. b4 Qd4 34. a3 a5 35. bxa5 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qe2 a6
12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc5 14. a4 Rd8 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. e4 Nd7
17. Rfd1 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Rd1 Bd7 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Ba2
Na7 27. Bc5 Bxa4 28. Bxa7 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Rxc3 30. f5 Qc8
31. Qd6 Rc6 32. Qe7 Rc7 33. Qd6 exf5 34. exf5 Qd7 35. Qe5 Rc1+
36. Bg1 h6 37. f6 Qd1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe3 Qe1 40. Qd4 Rd1
41. Qc5 Rc1 42. Qd4 Rd1 43. Qc5 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Iljushina"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. e3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. Ng1 Nf6
7. Nge2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Bc4 Bd6
12. a3 a6 13. Bd5 Qg5 14. Kf1 Ne7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Ba7
17. Ba2 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rf8 20. Kg1 Rc6 21. b5 Rd6
22. bxa6 bxa6 23. h4 Qg6 24. Ne2 Rb6 25. Qc3 Rc6 26. Qe5 Rc5
27. Qb2 Rb5 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Bxb1 Qb6 31. Ba2 Be6
32. Nf4 Bxa2 33. Qxa2 Rf6 34. Bb2 Rd6 35. Bxg7 Bb8 36. Kh2 Rd3
37. Rb1 Qd8 38. Bf6 Bxf4+ 39. exf4 Qc7 40. Be5 Qc6 41. Rb8+
Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43. Qf7 Qh6 44. h5 a5 45. Kg3 Qa6 46. Qxh7
Qe2 47. Qg7 e3 48. Bf6 Qxf2+ 49. Kh3 Qxf4 50. Qxe7+ Kc8
51. Qe8+ Kb7 52. Qb5+ Kc8 53. Qc6+ Kb8 54. Qf3 Qh6 55. Be5+
Kc8 56. Qxf5+ Kb7 57. Qd7+ Ka8 58. Qc8+ Ka7 59. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irina Utiatskaja"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nh3 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. a3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. c3
Ngf6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. a4 Qc7 16. f4 Nb6 17. Qb3
Nxc4 18. Qxc4 g5 19. fxg5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 Rxd2 24. Qxe4 hxg5 25. a5 Qxb2 26. Rab1
Qxc3 27. Rfc1 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxh4+ 29. Qxh4 gxh4 30. a6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.07"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Daria Voit"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3
Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Na3 e5
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qh3 e5 14. Qd3 h6 15. c4 Be7 16. Qg6+ Kf8
17. Nc2 Qg4 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Ne3 Qe4 20. Qc3 Rhe8 21. f3 Qc6
22. b3 Bf8 23. Bb2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Kg8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. Nf5 Nh5
27. g3 Qf7 28. Rd2 g6 29. Ne3 Re6 30. Ng4 Rde8 31. Qe4 Kh7
32. Qd5 R8e7 33. Rde2 g5 34. Ne3 Qg6 35. Qd1 Rf7 36. Qd5 Ng7
37. Rf1 Nf5 38. Nxf5 Qxf5 39. Rfe1 Ref6 40. Rf2 Bg7 41. Re4
Rg6 42. g4 Qe6 43. Qxe6 Rxe6 44. Bc1 Kg6 45. Kg2 Bf6 46. Rd2
Bd8 47. Rd3 Kg7 48. Bd2 Rd7 49. Bc3 Bf6 50. b4 cxb4 51. Bxb4
Kf7 52. Rd5 b6 53. a4 Ke8 54. Bd2 Be7 55. Be3 Rc7 56. a5 Rc6
57. axb6 axb6 58. f4 gxf4 59. Bxf4 Rg6 60. Bg3 Kf7 61. Rb5 Ke6
62. Bxe5 Kd7 63. Bg3 Re6 64. Rf4 Bg5 65. Rf7+ Re7 66. Rf2 Re4
67. h4 Be7 68. g5 hxg5 69. h5 Re6 70. Rf7 Rh6 71. Rxg5 Ke6
72. Rgg7 Bf6 73. Rh7 Rxh7 74. Rxh7 Rxc4 75. Rb7 Rc5 76. Rxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6
12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Bxd8 Nxd1 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Rexd1 Rxd8 18. c4 a5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rac1 Bd7
21. Rd2 Rdb8 22. e4 Rb6 23. Rc5 Be6 24. f3 a4 25. Rdc2 Rb3
26. Rd2 Rb6 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rab8 30. Rcc2
Re8 31. Kf2 Re5 32. Re2 Rd5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Ke1 f5 35. Re6
Rdb5 36. Ree2 Kg6 37. Kd1 Kf6 38. Kc1 Rd5 39. Rc4 Ra6 40. Rec2
Rd6 41. Rd2 Ke6 42. Re2+ Kd7 43. Rc5 g6 44. Rce5 Rf6 45. f4
Ra8 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rg7 Kc5 48. Rd7 g5 49. Rc2+ Kb6 50. Rc4
Re6 51. Rb4+ Kc5 52. Rf7 Re1+ 53. Kd2 Rg1 54. Rxf5+ Kd6 55. g3
Rg2+ 56. Kc3 gxf4 57. Rfxf4 Rxh2 58. Rf6+ Kc7 59. Rc4 Ra6
60. Rh4 Rg2 61. Rf7+ Kb6 62. Rg7 Ra5 63. Rb4+ Rb5 64. Rxa4
Rbxb2 65. Rb4+ Rxb4 66. Kxb4 Rb2+ 67. Kc4 Ra2 68. Kb3 Rg2
69. a4 Re2 70. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.10"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgenija Ovod"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Bd6 11. Be2 Qh4
12. Bf3 Nf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. g3 Qh3 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Nef4 Qh6
17. O-O Bf5 18. Bg2 g5 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. f3 Re6 21. Ne5 Nbd7
22. Rxc6 Rae8 23. Qa1 Nb8 24. Rcc1 Nbd7 25. Rc6 Nb8 26. Rcc1
Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marina Romanko Nechaeva"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5
12. fxe5 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Qb5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+
Kxd7 17. Bxd4 Ke8 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Ne4 h5 21. Rhf1
Rh6 22. g3 Rg6 23. Rf4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Rc7 25. c4 b6 26. a3 Na5
27. Rd3 Nb7 28. b4 a5 29. Bc3 axb4 30. axb4 Rg4 31. Rxg4 hxg4
32. Nd2 f5 33. Kb2 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Kb3 Nd8 36. Ka4 Nc6
37. Kb5 Kc7 38. Nf1 g6 39. Ne3 Bf8 40. Ng2 Bh6 41. c5 bxc5
42. Kxc5 Ne7 43. b5 Nd5 44. b6+ Kb7 45. Bd4 Bf8+ 46. Kb5 Bb4
47. Nf4 Nxf4 48. Kxb4 Ne2 49. Bf2 f4 50. gxf4 g3 51. Be3 g2
52. Kc5 Ng3 53. Bg1 Nf5 54. Bf2 Ng3 55. Bg1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Qd6
17. Na3 Nh5 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Rd1 Qb3
22. Qd2 Bc5 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. b4 Ra8 25. Ra1 Bb6 26. Rfd1 c6
27. Qb2 f5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. c4 Qh5 31. Be1 e4
32. c5 Ne2 33. cxb6 exf3 34. b7 fxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nf4+ 36. Kg1
Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Qg3 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+
41. Kh3 Qf5+ 42. Qg4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Rxe7
Qd8 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. Ba5 Nd6 20. Rde1 Nbc4 21. Bxd8
Nxa3+ 22. bxa3 Rfxd8 23. c3 Rac8 24. Kc2 f4 25. a4 c5 26. Rd1
Kf8 27. Re5 Nc4 28. Re4 Re8 29. Rxf4 Nb6 30. a5 Nc4 31. Nf5
Rcd8 32. dxc5 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Nxa5 34. Nd6 Re7 35. Rb4 Rd7
36. Kc2 a6 37. Re4 g6 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Rf4+ Ke7 40. Rf7+ Ke6
41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Nf7 Ke6 43. Nxh6 Nc6 44. Ng4 Kd5 45. Kd3
Kxc5 46. f4 b5 47. Nf6 a5 48. g4 Ne7 49. Ne4+ Kd5 50. Nd2 Ng8
51. Nf1 Nf6 52. Ne3+ Kc5 53. a3 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. c4 b4
56. a4 Kc6 57. c5 b3 58. Nc4 Kc7 59. g5 Nh5 60. Ke5 Ng3
61. Kf6 Nh5+ 62. Kxg6 Nxf4+ 63. Kf5 Nd5 64. g6 Kd7 65. g7 Ne7+
66. Kf6 Ke8 67. Ke6 Ng8 68. c6 Kd8 69. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7
7. e3 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b3
b6 13. Be2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qf5
Qc7 18. Rac1 Ne7 19. Qb1 Qb8 20. Nf1 Ne4 21. Be1 Ng5 22. f3
Ne6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 d5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. Bd3 h6 28. Bh4 f6 29. Ng3 Nf8 30. Nf5 Qa7 31. Ba6 Rc7
32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. Bb5 Ba2 34. Qb2 Be6 35. Bf2 e4 36. f4 Rc7
37. h3 Bc4 38. Ra1 Qb7 39. Bxc4+ Rxc4 40. b5 Qd5 41. Ra6 Nd7
42. Qa3 Kf7 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. Be1 Rxb5 45. Bb4 Kg6 46. Kh2 Qd1
47. Bf8 Rb1 48. Bxg7 Qg1+ 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. f5+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Savina"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Be3
Nc6 7. Ndb5 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Nf6 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. O-O-O
Ne8 12. Nf5+ Kd8 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qf2 Ke7 16. Qh4+
Nf6 17. Qg3 d6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20. Qh6 b5 21. Be2
b4 22. Rhf1 Rg6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Nb1 Qxe3+ 25. Nd2 Bb7 26. Bh5
Qg5 27. Qf2 Qxh5 28. Qb6 Kf8 29. Qxb7 Rd8 30. Nc4 Rxd1+
31. Rxd1 Rxg2 32. Nd6 a5 33. Rf1 Qg5+ 34. Kb1 Qg6 35. a3 Kg7
36. axb4 axb4 37. Ka2 Rxc2 38. Qe7 b3+ 39. Ka3 Rc6 40. Rxf6
Ra6+ 41. Kxb3 Rb6+ 42. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olga Girya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 c5 11. Bg2 Nc6
12. dxc5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8+ 14. Kc1 Ke7 15. Ngxe4 Ng4
16. cxb6 axb6 17. h3 Nge5 18. f4 Nd3+ 19. Kb1 f5 20. Ng5 Bb7
21. Rd1 Nc5 22. Kb2 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. Kb2 Nd3+ 25. Kb1 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Nb4 O-O 9. Nd5 b6 10. Ba3 d6 11. Nxf6+
exf6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. e3 Bb7 15. Rb1 Re6 16. c5
Na5 17. Bc7 Bd5 18. Rb5 Bc6 19. Rb2 Bd5 20. Rd2 Bc4 21. cxb6
axb6 22. Bg3 Kg7 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Rc6 25. Rd3 Nc4 26. Ra1
Ra3 27. Kf3 Ne5+ 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Ke2 Rcxc3 30. Rd2 Rc5
31. Rb1 Rca5 32. Rbb2 h5 33. Kd1 b5 34. Kc1 b4 35. e4 Kf6
36. Kb1 Rb5 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rc6 b3 39. axb3 Raxb3 40. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5
Rf8 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ekaterina Kovalevskaya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Bd3
Nxd4 7. Be3 Ne6 8. O-O d6 9. Nc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. e5 Ng4
12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Qh5 Qe8 15. Qg5 Be6 16. Nd2 Qd8
17. Qh5 Bf5 18. Ne4 Bg6 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Rad8
22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxh6 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. exf6 Re6
26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. g4 Rd2 29. g5 Rxc2 30. Rd1 Ke8
31. Re1 Kf7 32. Rd1 Ke8 33. h4 Rxc3 34. h5 c4 35. hxg6 Rd3
36. Re1 c3 37. g7 Kf7 38. g6+ Kg8 39. Rxe6 Rd8 40. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Almira Skripchenko"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5
12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bh3 Ne6
17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Rxb2 dxe4 20. Rd2 Qb5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Qc6 25. Rd1 e3 26. fxe3
Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qh2+ 30. Ke1 Qg1+
31. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Be7 9. f4 h6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4
12. dxe4 g5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qc7 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Nc4
Nxe4 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Qxe7 Nxc4 20. Bxc7 Kxc7
21. Rae1 f6 22. Rxf5 Rde8 23. Qb4 Nce5 24. Rf4 Bf7 25. Rd1 Be6
26. Rh4 Rhg8 27. Kh2 Rg7 28. Rf4 Kc8 29. Qd4 Reg8 30. g4 Rh7
31. Kg1 Ng6 32. Re4 Bd5 33. Qxa7 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Kc7 35. Qa5+
Kc8 36. Qa8+ Nb8 37. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. f3 f5 12. b4
Ne6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Qe1 Ne5 17. Qh4
Rf7 18. Be3 b6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Bh5 Rf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qh3
Kh8 23. Bg6 Qg8 24. Bxf5 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd4
27. Qh5 Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Qe6 29. g4 Qxa2 30. g5 Qg8 31. g6 Be6
32. Rc7 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 hxg6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Qh7 36. Qxh7+
Kxh7 37. b5 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Kg4 d5 41. Rd8 d4
42. h3 Kf7 43. Kf3 e5 44. Rd6 Be7 45. Rc6 exf4 46. Kxf4 Bc5
47. Ke4 Kg7 48. Kd3 Kh6 49. Rc7 Kg5 50. Rxa7 Kf5 51. Rc7 Ke5
52. h4 Bd6 53. Rc6 Kd5 54. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sarasadat Khademalsharieh"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bb1
Qc7 17. d5 Rfd8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Nf8 20. f4 Qc5 21. Qf2
Rd7 22. Nb3 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 a5 24. Rd4 Rc3 25. Rxd7 Nxd7
26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Nf6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. h3 Nd7 30. Ke3 e5
31. g3 Ke6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. fxe5+ Nxe5 34. Kd4 Nc6+ 35. Ke3 Bc8
36. h4 Be6 37. Kf4 a4 38. Ke3 b5 39. Kd2 b4 40. Bc2 a3 41. e5+
Ke7 42. Kc1 Bxa2 43. Ba4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Zhukova"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6
12. a3 O-O 13. Ng3 Bh5 14. h4 Bg6 15. Be2 h6 16. h5 Bh7
17. O-O Ne8 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Qb3 Qg5 21. Na4 Ne7
22. Nc5 Nef5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Qd1 Rac8 25. Bd3 Nh4 26. Bxh7+
Kxh7 27. g3 b6 28. Nd7 Rfd8 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8
31. Qxa6 Rd8 32. Ne5 f6 33. Ng6 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Qxh5 35. Nf4 Qg4
36. Qxb6 Re8 37. Qb5 Re7 38. Rc1 Kh7 39. Qe2 Nh4+ 40. Kf1 Nf3
41. Rc6 e5 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Qd3+ e4 44. Qxd5 Re5 45. Qf7 Rf5
46. Qg6+ Qxg6 47. Nxg6 Rd5 48. Kg2 Rd1 49. Nh4 Rg1+ 50. Kh3
Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ 52. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8
11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O Kd8 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Nc3
a5 16. Rac1 Ra6 17. d5 Rf8 18. Ng5 Rb6 19. b3 h6 20. Nge4 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 Rb4 22. d6 c6 23. Rxb4 axb4 24. Na4 Rf5 25. Nc5 Rd5
26. Ne4 b6 27. f3 Ba6 28. a4 bxa3 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. b4 Ra4
31. Nc3 Rxb4 32. Rxa3 Bb7 33. Ra4 Rb3 34. Rf4 Ke8 35. Re4+ Kf8
36. Re7 Bc8 37. Ne4 Rd3 38. Kf2 c5 39. g4 c4 40. Ke2 Rd5
41. h4 c3 42. Nxc3 Rxd6 43. Re5 Ba6+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Bc4
46. g5 hxg5 47. Rf5+ Kg8 48. Rxg5 Rd3 49. Ne4 b5 50. h5 Kf8
51. Rf5+ Ke7 52. Rg5 Kf7 53. Rf5+ Ke6 54. Rg5 Rd1 55. Kf4 Kf7
56. Rf5+ Kg8 57. Rg5 Kh7 58. Rg6 Rh1 59. Rd6 Be6 60. Ng5+ Kh8
61. Nxe6 dxe6 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kh4 Re1 64. Rb6 Rb1 65. Rxe6 b4
66. Rb6 b3 67. Kg5 b2 68. Kf5 Kg8 69. Rb7 Kf8 70. f4 Ke8
71. Rb3 Kd7 72. Rd3+ Kc6 73. Rd2 Kc5 74. Rg2 Kc4 75. Kg6 Kc3
76. Kxg7 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Rhe1
Qxh2 17. Bb3 Rd6 18. Rxe7 Be6 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rde1 Be6 22. Qe3 Qxg2 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Qf4 Re6 25. Rxe6
fxe6 26. Qc7 Rf8 27. Qxc6 h5 28. Nd6 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 h4 30. Nxf5
exf5 31. Qc4+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qxa7+ Rf7 34. Qb8 Re7
35. Rh1 g5 36. Qb4 Rd7 37. a4 Qd4 38. Qb5 Rd5 39. Qb7+ Rd7
40. Qc6 Re7 41. a5 Qf2 42. Qc3+ Kf7 43. b4 Qe2 44. Qb3+ Kf6
45. f4 g4 46. Qc3+ Kf7 47. Kb2 h3 48. Ra1 h2 49. Qh8 Qe4
50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Kf7 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 f5 11. Ng5 O-O
12. Bc4 h6 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Qf6 15. Qe2 Kh7 16. h4 Bd7
17. c4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe5 20. O-O-O Rac8 21. f4 Qc7
22. Kb1 Bc6 23. Ka1 Be4 24. Rhg1 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. c5 Nd5
27. Bd2 Qe7 28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Ba5 Rd7 30. Rge1 Bd5 31. Bb4 Qf7
32. Bb1 Be4 33. Ba2 Bd5 34. Bb1 Be4 35. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. e3
Nbd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 Na6
17. Bc3 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qb2 Re8 20. O-O d5 21. b5 d4
22. Ba5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Nc5 24. exd4 exd4 25. Bf3 Qa7 26. Nc4
Nce4 27. b6 Qd7 28. Rd1 Ng5 29. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qh3
31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Qc4 Be6 33. Qf4 Qh5 34. Ra1 Nd5 35. Qg3 f5
36. Qe5 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Nf4 38. Rg1 Qh6 39. Bd2 Bd5 40. Qxd5+
Nxd5 41. Bxh6 Rxd6 42. b7 1-0

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. N1h2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8
17. Nf5 Ne5 18. Bd2 Nac6 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Nac4 22. Bc3 Qg5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Bd4 Ng6 25. Qh5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Qxh5 27. Nxh5 Rb8 28. Rc1 Nce5 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rf1 f5 31. g3 b3
32. axb3 Rxb3 33. Nf3 Nxb2 34. Ng5 Nc4 35. Ne6 Nd2 36. Rc1
Nf3+ 37. Kf2 Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Ne7 40. Ne6 Rb3+
41. Kf2 Rb8 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Ra5 h6 44. g4 Kf7 45. g5 Kg6
46. Ng3 Kf7 47. Nh5 Kg6 48. Ng3 Kf7 49. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 d6 6. h3 Be6
7. Na4 a6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. d3 Qd6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O f6 12. c3
O-O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. f4 fxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. f5
Bf7 18. g4 h6 19. Nc1 Na5 20. b3 b6 21. Bf3 Kb8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. h4 Nh7 24. Qh2 c4 25. b4 Nb7 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. g5 Be8
28. Qg3 Bc6 29. Qg4 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 32. hxg5
Bxe4 33. Re1 Bxf5 34. Rxe5 g6 35. Re7 Bd3 36. Bc6 Nb5 37. Bxb5
axb5 38. Re5 Kb7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Ke3 Rh8 41. Nxd3 Rh3+ 42. Kd2
Rxd3+ 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. Rxb5 Rg3 45. a4 Rg2+ 46. Kb1 Re2 47. Kc1
Kc6 48. Kb1 Re3 49. Kc2 Re1 50. Kb2 Re8 51. Ka2 Kd6 52. Kb2
Re1 53. Kc2 Re2+ 54. Kc1 Ra2 55. a5 Kc6 56. Re5 bxa5 57. Rc5+
Kb6 58. Rxc4 a4 59. Rc5 Rg2 60. Kb1 a3 61. Ra5 Rb2+ 62. Ka1
Rg2 63. Kb1 c6 64. Rc5 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalija Popova"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 fxe4
12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Qh5 h6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Ne3 Nd4
17. c3 f5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc6 20. Nc2 f4 21. Rg1 f3
22. Nce3 b4 23. Nf5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa5 25. Qxf3 Ra7 26. Qg4
Qxa2 27. Nxh6+ Kh7 28. Nf5 Raf7 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. g4 e4 31. Rg3
Ne5 32. Nde7+ Rxe7 33. Nxe7+ Kf7 34. Nf5 Kg8 35. Qg5 Rxf5
36. gxf5 Nf3+ 37. Rxf3 exf3 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qe4
Bxc3+ 41. Kf1 Be5 42. Qxf3 Qc4+ 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. f6+ Kf7
45. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 46. Rxd5 Kxf6 47. Ra5 Kf5 48. h4 Ke4 49. f3+
Kf4 50. Rxa6 d5 51. h5 d4 52. h6 d3 53. Kf2 Bd4+ 54. Ke1 Bc3+
55. Kd1 Kg5 56. h7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 Bf5
12. Rc1 Nc4 13. d5 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. Nd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd7
17. Nc4 Bg5 18. h4 Bh6 19. Kh2 Rae8 20. d6 Be6 21. Nd5 cxd6
22. Nxa5 e4 23. b4 f5 24. Nc4 Kh8 25. Qd4 Qd8 26. Rfd1 Bf7
27. Rc2 Nc7 28. Nxc7 Qxc7 29. Rdc1 Rd8 30. Na5 Qe7 31. Rc7 Rd7
32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qb6 Bd5 34. Rd1 Bc6 35. Nc4 d5 36. Qc5 Qe8
37. Nd6 Qe7 38. Bh3 Bxe3 39. Qxe3 Qxd6 40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4
g6 42. a4 Bxa4 43. Rxd5 Rc8 44. h5 Kg7 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. b5
Rc2 47. Bf1 b6 48. Kg3 Rc3+ 49. Kf2 e3+ 50. Kg3 Rb3 51. Rd7+
Kh6 52. Rb7 Rxb5 53. Bg2 Rb2 54. Bd5 Rxe2 55. Rxb6 Re1 56. Bc4
Rc1 57. Be2 Bc6 58. Rb3 Rg1+ 59. Kh3 Re1 60. Rb2 g5 61. fxg5+
Kxg5 62. Bd3 f4 63. Rc2 Rh1+ 64. Rh2 Rd1 65. Be2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qe2 Ned7 16. g5 Ne8
17. Qe3 Nc7 18. Nh4 d5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. e5 Nc5 21. Bc2 d4
22. cxd4 Nd5 23. Qg3 Nb4 24. dxc5 Nxc2 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Qg4
bxc5 27. Nb3 Qd5 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxa2 30. b4 Rfe8
31. Re1 Rac8 32. Red1 Rc4 33. Rxc4 Qxc4 34. Rd4 Qc7 35. Rd7
Qxe5 36. Ra7 Qd5 37. Qg2 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Qg3 Qb6 40. Rd7
Qc6 41. Rc7 Qe4 42. Ra7 Qxb4 43. Rxa6 Qc5 44. Rd6 b4 45. Rd3
Qb6 46. Rb3 Re2 47. Kg2 Qb5 48. Rd3 Qb7+ 49. Kh2 Re8 50. Rb3
Re1 51. Qg2 Qc7+ 52. Qg3 Qc1 53. Qg2 Qf4+ 54. Qg3 Qe4 55. Rf3
Qb7 56. Qf4 b3 57. Rd3 Rh1+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59. Kh4 b2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgenija Ovod"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bf3
Nbd7 13. g4 h6 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Ne8 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. g6 Bc8
18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Nxe6 Qxc4 21. Nd5 Qd3
22. Bh5+ g6 23. Bxg6+ Nxg6 24. Qxd3 Bxe6 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. Bd4+
Kh7 27. Nxe7 Nxe7 28. e5+ Ng6 29. exd6 Nxd6 30. Rf6 Bf5
31. Rxf5 Nxf5 32. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b5 4. e3 c5 5. Bxb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Nd5
7. Rb1 Nxf4 8. exf4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Ba4 Qb4 11. O-O Qxd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Rbd1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Ra7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c4 Rc7
17. b3 f5 18. Nd2 h6 19. N2f3 g5 20. Ne5 Kh7 21. Ne2 Bb4
22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Rd3 d6 24. Nf3 Kf6 25. Nfd4 Bc5 26. Nc2 Bb7
27. b4 Ba7 28. Rxd6 Rxc4 29. Ncd4 Rxb4 30. Rxe6+ Kg7 31. Bb3
Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Bxg2 33. Re7+ Kf6 34. Re6+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Ba8
36. a3 Rb7 37. Bd5 Ra7 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Re7+ Kg6 40. Rb1 Rd8
41. Rb6+ Kh5 42. Nxf5 Nd7 43. Rxh6+ Kg4 44. Ne3+ Kxf4 45. Rhe6
g4 46. Rf7+ Kg5 47. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Zimina"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qb6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb5 Rc8
12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Nxd4 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Qxd4 Qxd6
16. Qxg7 Qe5 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Rac1 Ke7
21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Qd2 b6 23. Qb4+ Qd6 24. Qa4 a5 25. Rcd1 Qc5+
26. Kh1 Rgd8 27. a3 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Rd8 29. Qe2 Kf8 30. f4 Nxe4
31. Nxe4 Qd4 32. Ng5 Qd3 33. Qe1 Rc8 34. Rg1 Rc5 35. Nf3 Be4
36. Ne5 Qd4 37. Nd7+ Qxd7 38. Qxe4 Kg7 39. b4 Qd5 40. Qe3 axb4
41. axb4 Rc6 42. h3 b5 43. Rf1 Rc2 44. Rf3 Kf8 45. f5 Qd1+
46. Kh2 Qd6+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Rf1 Qd5 49. Qh6+ Ke8 50. Qg5 Kf8
51. Kh1 Rd2 52. Qh6+ Ke8 53. Qg7 exf5 54. Re1+ Kd7 55. Re5 Qc4
56. Rxf5 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Qc7+ 58. Qe5 Qxe5+ 59. Rxe5 Rb1 60. Rxb5
Ke7 61. Kg3 Kf6 62. Kf3 Rb2 63. h4 Ke6 64. Rb6+ Ke5 65. h5 Kf5
66. Rb5+ Ke6 67. g4 Kf6 68. g5+ Ke6 69. Ke4 Rd2 70. Rb6+ Ke7
71. Ke5 Rg2 72. Rb7+ Kf8 73. Rb8+ Ke7 74. Rb7+ Kf8 75. b5 Kg7
76. Kf4 Rf2+ 77. Kg3 Rb2 78. Rb6 Rb4 79. h6+ Kf8 80. Rb8+ Ke7
81. b6 Ke6 82. b7 Kf5 83. g6 Rb3+ 84. Kf2 Rb2+ 85. Ke3 Rb3+
86. Kd4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Qe7
12. Qc2 g6 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. e4 e5 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Bh3 Qc7 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Qg5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bc1 f5
22. Bg2 Qc6 23. f3 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Re7
Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Bf4 Bf6 29. Rb7 Re8 30. Rf1 Rxf1+
31. Kxf1 d3 32. Rb8 Bd8 33. Ra8 a5 34. Rb8 h5 35. h4 Kf7
36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Ke1 Kf5+ 38. Kd2 Re2+ 39. Kxd3 Rxa2 40. Rd7
Bxh4 41. Rd5+ Kg4 42. gxh4 Kxf4 43. Rg5 Ra3 44. Kc2 a4
45. bxa4 Rg3 46. Rd5 Rg4 47. Rd6 Kf5 48. Rxb6 Rxc4+ 49. Kb3
Rxh4 50. a5 Rh1 51. Kb2 Re1 52. a6 Re7 53. Kc3 Ra7 54. Kc4 h4
55. Rc6 h3 56. Rxc5+ Kf4 57. Kb5 h2 58. Rc4+ Kg5 59. Rc5+ Kh4
60. Rc4+ Kh5 61. Rc1 Rh7 62. Rh1 Kg4 63. a7 Rxa7 64. Rxh2 Kg3
65. Rh6 g5 66. Kc4 Rd7 67. Ra6 g4 68. Ra3+ Kh2 69. Ra2+ Kh3
70. Ra8 g3 71. Kc3 Rg7 72. Rh8+ Kg4 73. Kd4 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Zimina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7
12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 O-O 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. a3 Bg6 18. c3 f5 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Bb5 f4 21. Bd2 e5
22. Nc2 Rad8 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. f3 h5 25. Nb4 g4 26. Nd3 gxf3
27. gxf3 e4 28. Nxf4 exf3 29. Qxf3 Bh6 30. Qg3 Nf5 31. Qh3
Bxf4 32. Bxf4 Nh4 33. Rf1 Be4 34. Be2 Bg2 35. Qg3+ Rg7 36. Be5
Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rxg3 38. Bxg3 Bxf1 39. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Qb1 Be7 13. e4 Ndb4 14. a3 Nd3 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Nc4 b5
17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Nd4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxc3 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. Nxe6 Qe5
26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Nd4 Bxa3 28. Nxb5 Bc5 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rc3
Rd8 31. Kf1 Bb4 32. Rc2 a5 33. Ke2 Nc5 34. Na7 Nxb3 35. Nc6
Nd4+ 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Ra8 a4 39. Nf5 Re4+
40. Kf3 Re5 41. Ne3 a3 42. Nc4 Re1 43. Nb6 Rd1 44. Ke2 Rd6
45. Nc4 Re6+ 46. Kd2 g5 47. Nxa3 Rh6 48. Nc4 Rxh2 49. Ke2 Kg7
50. Ra5 f6 51. Ne3 Rh1 52. Nf1 h5 53. Ne3 Kg6 54. Ra8 Bc5
55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Rc8 Bd4 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Rh7 Bc5 59. Kf3 Rh2
60. Ke2 f5 61. Rh6+ Ke5 62. Rc6 Bd4 63. Rc8 h4 64. Re8+ Kf6
65. gxh4 gxh4 66. Rf8+ Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf7 68. Rd8 Bf6 69. Rd5
Rh1 70. Rxf5 Kg6 71. Ra5 h3 72. Kf3 Rg1 73. Ng4 Bd4 74. Rd5
Bg7 75. Rb5 Bd4 76. Rd5 Bg7 77. Rb5 Bf8 78. Rb8 Bg7 79. Rb6+
Kh5 80. Rb5+ Kh4 81. Ne3 Bf8 82. Rb7 Kg5 83. Rb5+ Kh4 84. Nf5+
Kg5 85. Ne3+ Kg6 86. Rb6+ Kf7 87. Ng4 Bg7 88. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Nc6
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. c3 b5 16. Nf1 Nd7
17. Be2 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne3 f5 20. Ra3 e4 21. Nc2 Nc4
22. Ra2 Qc5 23. Nd4 Qxd5 24. b3 Ncb6 25. Ra5 Ne5 26. Rxb5 Qf7
27. f4 exf3 28. Nxf3 Qf6 29. Be3 Nbd7 30. Qd5+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+
Kxf7 32. Nd4 g6 33. b4 Rfc8 34. Rxb8 Nxb8 35. Nb5 Nbc6 36. Bd1
d5 37. Bb3 Nc4 38. Bf2 h5 39. Rd1 Ke6 40. Bg3 N6e5 41. Nd4+
Kf6 42. Ra1 Nd6 43. Ne2 Ne4 44. Ra6+ Bd6 45. Bxd5 Rd8 46. Bxe4
fxe4 47. Nd4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qd3 b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. f4 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Qxc5 bxc5 13. Ne2 Ke7 14. Nc3 g5 15. f5 exf5 16. Nd5+ Kd8
17. Nf6 Kc8 18. h4 g4 19. Rd2 Nc6 20. Nxd7 Rd8 21. Nxc5 Rxd2
22. Kxd2 Nxe5 23. Ke3 Bc6 24. Kf4 f6 25. Kxf5 Kc7 26. b4 Bd5
27. Rg1 Bxa2 28. Kxf6 Nc6 29. c3 Rf8+ 30. Kg7 Rg8+ 31. Kh7 Ne5
32. Bd3 Rd8 33. Bf5 Rd2 34. Re1 Nc6 35. Re8 h5 36. Kh6 Rd6+
37. Kg5 Rd5 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Nxd8 40. Bg6 Bd5 41. g3 Kb6
42. Bxh5 a5 43. Bxg4 Kb5 44. Be2+ Bc4 45. Bxc4+ Kxc4 46. h5
Kd5 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Szidonia Lazarne Vajda"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bc3 f6 11. Nh4 Nc5
12. b4 Ne6 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Rb1 Nd4 15. Nfe3 Be6 16. a3 Qd7
17. Ba1 Bf7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 b5 20. Nd2 c5 21. Nf3 Bh5
22. Qf1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Re5 24. Rg4 a5 25. c3 Ne6 26. bxc5 Rxc5
27. f4 Rh5 28. f5 Ng5 29. Nd5 c6 30. Nf4 Rh6 31. h4 Nf7 32. d4
Re8 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Qxe6 35. Qg2 Nd6 36. Kh1 Rg6
37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. c4 Nxe4 39. Re1 f5 40. d5 cxd5 41. cxb5 Qe7
42. Rc1 Qxa3 43. Bb2 Qe3 44. Qxg6 Nf2+ 45. Kg2 Qe2 46. Qxf5
Ne4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 Qd2+
51. Kg1 Ng3 52. Qe6+ Kh7 53. Rc8 Ne2+ 54. Kf1 Ng3+ 55. Kg1
Ne2+ 56. Kf1 Qd3 57. Qxe2 Qf5+ 58. Kg2 Qxc8 59. Qh5+ Kg8
60. Qxd5+ Kh8 61. Qh5+ Kg8 62. Qd5+ Kh8 63. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3
Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nde2 O-O-O 15. Rd2 Bc6
16. Rfd1 f5 17. f3 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 fxe4 19. fxe4 Re8 20. Nf4 Ng8
21. Re2 Re5 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Nf4 Re5 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Kf2 Nf6
26. e5 Ng4+ 27. Kg3 Bd7 28. Re4 Nh6 29. Nf4 Nf5+ 30. Kf2 Nd4
31. Nh5 Bc6 32. Rf4 Rxe5 33. g4 g6 34. Rf8+ Kb7 35. Nf6 h5
36. Rg8 hxg4 37. Rxg6 Re6 38. Kg3 b5 39. Kxg4 b4 40. h4 bxc3
41. bxc3 Be4 42. Nxe4 Rxg6+ 43. Kh5 Rc6 44. cxd4 cxd4 45. Kg4
Rxc2 46. a3 Kc6 47. h5 Rh2 48. Ng5 d3 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Bf5 11. Ng5 c5 12. Bg4
cxd4 13. Bxf5 dxc3 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bxe6+ Kxe6 16. Qg4+ Kf7
17. Qg6+ Kg8 18. Qe6+ Kh7 19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qg6+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1.56"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alina Bivol"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5
12. e4 Bf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bh3 Ne6
17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Re1 Nac5 19. b4 d4 20. Nb1 Nb7 21. Nxf7 Qd5
22. f3 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. b5 Qxb5 26. Bf1
Qa4 27. Qxa4 Bxa4 28. Ng5 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Nc5 30. Bc4+ Kf8
31. Nd2 Re3 32. Kf2 Rc3 33. Rg1 Rc2 34. Ke2 Bd7 35. Kd1 Rc3
36. Re1 Ba4+ 37. Ke2 b5 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39. axb3 Re3+ 40. Kd1 a5
41. Rxe3 dxe3 42. Nf1 Nxb3 43. Nxe3 Nd4 44. f4 a4 45. f5 a3
46. Kc1 b4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6
7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 Qxd6
12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Nfd4
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bd6 Nd3 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b3 f6 21. Kf1
Kf7 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. a4 Bd7 24. h3 Nc6 25. f3 Rc8 26. Re1 Re8
27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "3.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4
12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bf6 15. Rc2 Qd7 16. Be3
Rfe8 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. Rd1 h6 19. h4 Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qb1
Ba6 22. Kh2 Qe8 23. Bf3 Be5 24. Nf5 Nf6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4
Qe5 27. Kg2 Ne4 28. e3 Rc5 29. Qa1 Qf6 30. a4 Bc8 31. b4 Rc4
32. Rc1 Qe5 33. Be2 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Bd7 35. Bb5 Bg4 36. Qc6 Kh7
37. Bd3 g6 38. Qb7 Kg7 39. Qxa7 Bh3+ 40. Kg1 Nxg3 41. Nc6 Qa1+
42. Kh2 Qh1+ 43. Kxg3 g5 44. hxg5 Qg2+ 45. Kf4 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Nh4 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2 Nb6 22. Ng6 d5
23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. b5 Bxb5 27. Qb1
Bc6 28. Rd1 Kg8 29. Qc1 Re6 30. Rb1 Qf8 31. Rb4 Nxe4 32. Nxe4
dxe4 33. Rxc4 f5 34. Bc5 Qf7 35. Rb4 Rg6 36. Qb2 e3 37. g3 f4
38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rdd8 Rxb8 40. Qxb8 Rf6 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Qb1+
e4 43. gxf4 exf2+ 44. Bxf2 Rxf4 45. Qd1 Qe6 46. Qd2 Rf3
47. Rd8 e3 48. Bxe3 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "5.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Rab1 Ng4 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. a3 Nf6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bg4
17. d4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rb3 exd4
22. Nxd4 Rd5 23. Rd3 Bxd4 24. c4 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxd3 26. Qxd3
Qf6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Rb7 29. Re2 Nb6 30. Re4 Kf7 31. Kf2
Rd7 32. Bc5 Rd2+ 33. Ke3 Rxh2 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Kd3 Na4 36. Bd6
Nb2+ 37. Kc3 Nd1+ 38. Kd4 Rh4+ 39. Kc5 Nb2 40. Kxc6 Nxc4
41. Bc5 Ne5+ 42. Kb5 Nxf3 43. Rxa7 Re4 44. Kc6 Re6+ 45. Kd5
Re5+ 46. Kd6 Re1 47. b5 Rd1+ 48. Kc7 Rc1 49. Kd6 Rd1+ 50. Kc7
Rc1 51. Kd6 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "6.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "150"]

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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3
Ng6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. b3 h5 14. Bb2 h4 15. Re1 a5 16. Nfd4 a4
17. f4 Bc5 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. c4 Rh5 20. Bc3 Nf5 21. e6 Bxe6
22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxg7 Bd6 24. Bc3 b5 25. b4 bxc4 26. Kh1 Kd7
27. Nd4 Rxf4 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Re2 Raf8 30. Kg1 Rg8 31. Rc1 a3
32. Bd2 Rd4 33. Be1 Rf8 34. Rec2 Rdf4 35. Bd2 Rf2 36. Bh6 Rxc2
37. Rxc2 Rb8 38. Rxc4 Bxb4 39. Bc1 Bd6 40. Rc3 Rb1 41. Kf2 Rb4
42. Bxa3 Ra4 43. Bc1 Rxa2+ 44. Kf3 Ra4 45. Be3 Be5 46. Rd3+
Ke7 47. Bg5+ Kf7 48. Re3 Bg3 49. Rc3 Kg6 50. Be3 Kf5 51. Rxc6
Ra3 52. Rc5+ e5 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Rb2 55. Bd4 Rb3+ 56. Bc3
Ra3 57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Rc2 60. Kf1 Rf2+ 61. Kg1
Rc2 62. Kf1 Rc1+ 63. Ke2 c6 64. Kd3 Rd1+ 65. Kc4 Ke4 66. Rxc6
Rc1 67. Rc5 Ke3 68. Kb3 Ke2 69. Rxe5+ Bxe5 70. Bxe5 Kf2
71. Bf6 Kg3 72. Kb2 Rg1 73. Kc3 Rxg2 74. Kd3 Kxh3 75. Ke3 Kg4
0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "7.36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhansaya Abdumalik"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. a4 Nb6 16. b3 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5
18. Bd3 Qc8 19. d5 c6 20. Be3 cxd5 21. Bxb6 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4
23. Bb5 Re6 24. Be3 Bb7 25. c4 Ne4 26. Nh4 Rf6 27. Qg4 Qc7
28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Bxd7 d5 30. cxd5 Bb4 31. Rec1 Nc3 32. Bg4
Bxd5 33. Bd2 Nxa4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Nf5 Be4 36. Ng3 Bd3
37. Bf3 Rxf3 38. gxf3 b3 39. Re1 b2 40. Rad1 Bc2 41. Ne2 Bxd1
42. Rxd1 Rb8 43. Rb1 Rb3 44. Kg2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "8.28"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rc8
12. Be3 Na5 13. b3 b5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 bxc4 16. b4 Nb7
17. Na3 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxc4 Qxd5 20. Nb6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Rc2 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. a4 Na5 25. Rab1 h6 26. f3 Rcb7
27. Ba6 Rc7 28. Rb5 Nc6 29. Rc1 Bd8 30. Nc8 Rbxc8 31. Bxc8
Rxc8 32. a5 Nd7 33. a6 Kh7 34. Rb7 Nc5 35. Bxc5 Bg5 36. Ra1
dxc5 37. a7 Ra8 38. Ra6 Nxa7 39. Raxa7 Be3+ 40. Kf1 Rxa7
41. Rxa7 Kg6 42. Ke2 Bd4 43. Rc7 f5 44. Kd3 h5 45. Rc6+ Kg5
46. g3 h4 47. Ke2 e4 48. Re6 exf3+ 49. Kxf3 h3 50. Rd6 Bf6
51. Rc6 Bd4 52. Rd6 g6 53. Re6 c4 54. Rd6 Bf6 55. Rc6 c3
56. Rc5 Bd4 57. Rc4 Be5 58. Rc6 Bd4 59. Rc4 Bg7 60. Rc7 Be5
61. Rc6 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "9.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nbd2 exf3 10. Qxf3 Bd6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7
12. Qf3 exd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Be6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7
Kxe7 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Rad1 Qd5 19. Qf4 Qd6 20. Qf3 Bd5 21. Be4
c6 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8
26. Rxd5 Ke7 27. Kf1 Ke6 28. Rd4 Rc8 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Kd3 Rg5
31. g3 Rh5 32. h4 h6 33. a4 Rc5 34. b4 Rc8 35. a5 g5 36. c4
bxc4+ 37. Rxc4 Rd8+ 38. Kc3 Rd6 39. h5 Ke5 40. Rc5+ Ke4 41. b5
axb5 42. Rxb5 Rc6+ 43. Kb3 Rf6 44. f4 g4 45. Rb6 Rf5 46. a6
Ra5 47. Rxh6 Kf3 48. Kb4 Ra1 49. Rc6 Kxg3 50. h6 Rb1+ 51. Ka5
Kxf4 52. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. e4 a5 12. a3
Ba6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. b4 g6 15. Bh3 Bf6 16. Kg2 Kg7 17. Nd2 Bg5
18. Nb3 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 20. Ra2 Bb7 21. Rfa1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2
Nf6 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qc4 c6 27. cxd6
Qd7 28. Qb4 cxd5 29. exd5 Qf5 30. Nc5 h5 31. h4 Bc1 32. N3e4
Nxd5 33. Qb7 Nf4+ 34. gxf4 Qg4+ 35. Ng3 Rxc5 36. d7 Qxh4
37. Qc8 Rd5 38. Ra8 Qe7 39. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. Nfd2 h5
7. e4 Bg6 8. h3 Bc5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4
a5 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nh7 16. Bd2 f6 17. Qe2 Bf7
18. Nd1 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nhf8 20. Qc4 Qd6 21. Bc3 Nc5 22. Ne3 Qd3
23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. h4 Ne6 26. Bf3 Nd4 27. Rad1 Nc5
28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 Nxb3 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Re3 O-O 32. Ra1 g6
33. Kg2 Rfd8 34. e5 Rd4 35. Be2 fxe5 36. Nxe5 Re8 37. Nxc6
Rde4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Bf3 Rxa4 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Re1 Bd8
42. Nd5 Rd4 43. Nc3 Rd2 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. Re2 Rxe2 46. Nxe2 Bf6
47. b3 b5 48. Nf4 Ke7 49. Nxg6+ Kd6 50. Bf7 Ne6 51. Nf4 Nxf4+
52. gxf4 Bxh4 53. Bxh5 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6
7. g4 h6 8. h4 b5 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qe2
Bc4 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Nc1 Bg7 17. Be2
Rc8 18. a3 Nf6 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Bxd5 21. f3 O-O 22. O-O
Rxc2 23. Ra6 Rc6 24. Ra7 Be6 25. Qa4 Nd5 26. Bf2 Rc8 27. Rd1
Nf4 28. Bf1 d5 29. b4 d4 30. b5 Bd5 31. Ne2 Bxf3 32. Nxf4 Bxd1
33. Qxd1 exf4 34. Qb1 Ra8 35. b6 Rxa7 36. bxa7 Qc7 37. h5 g5
38. Qe4 Qxa7 39. Bd3 Rb8 40. Be1 Qd7 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Be2 Qe6
43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Qd3 Kg8 45. Bd2 Bf6 46. Bf3 Qb3 47. Ke2 Qc3
48. Be4 Kg7 49. Ke1 Qxd3 50. Bxd3 f3 51. Kd1 Be5 52. Kc1 Ra2
0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[Round "11.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 Bd7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. Nf5
Rfd8 18. Qe2 c4 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. bxc4 Bc5
22. Rad1 Rbb8 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 g6 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Qxa6 Bb6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 Qc5
31. Rf1 Rd6 32. Qe2 Qxc3 33. g5 Bc5 34. a4 Rb6 35. Qd2 Qxd2
36. Nxd2 Rb4 37. a5 Ra4 38. Nb3 Ba7 39. Re1 Ra2 40. Rd1 Bxf2+
41. Kh2 Be3 42. Ra1 Bf4+ 43. Kh3 Rb2 44. Ra3 Rc2 45. Na1 Rc8
46. Kg4 f6 47. gxf6+ Kxf6 48. a6 Ke6 49. Kf3 Bc1 50. Ra2 Kd6
51. Nc2 Bd2 52. Ke2 Bc3 53. Kd3 Bd4 54. Nxd4 exd4 55. a7 Ra8
56. Kxd4 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kd7 58. Kc5 Kc7 59. Rf6 Kb7 60. Rf7+ Ka6
61. Rxh7 Re8 62. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Na6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nb3
Bh3 13. Bh1 h6 14. Bb2 Nc7 15. Rc1 Ne6 16. Rc2 Qc7 17. Qc1 Qb6
18. Nfd4 Ng4 19. e3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qb5 21. Rd1 Qa4 22. Nc5 Bxc5
23. Rxc5 Re8 24. Bf3 a5 25. b5 cxb5 26. Qb2 Rac8 27. Ra1 b4
28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxd5 Nf6 32. Bb3
Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. Rb3
b5 38. Bc5 g5 39. e4 Rc2 40. Bxb4 Nxb4 41. Rxb4 Rc5 42. d4
Rc3+ 43. Kg4 Rd3 44. Kh5 Kg7 45. e5 Rd2 46. Rxb5 Rxf2 47. Rb7+
Kf8 48. Kxh6 g4 49. Kg5 Rxh2 50. Kxg4 Rd2 51. Rb4 Rd3 52. Kg5
Rf3 53. g4 Rf7 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Re8 Rd7 56. Rxe6 Rxd4 57. Re7+
Kf8 58. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1.46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pascal Verneuil"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. e6 f6
7. exd7+ Qxd7 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. a4 a5 11. Bb5 O-O
12. Nf3 e5 13. O-O Qc7 14. d3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd4
17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Nd5 21. Qf3
Qc8 22. Rae1 Ne7 23. Qg4 Nf5 24. f4 c4 25. fxe5 c3 26. Ba3
fxe5 27. Bc4 Rd4 28. Re4 Rxe4 29. dxe4 Ne3 30. Qe2 Nxf1
31. Qxf1 Qd8 32. Bd5 Bh6 33. Bc5 Rc8 34. Qf2 Qg5 35. Ba3 b6
36. Qxb6 Qd2 37. Qf6+ Bg7 38. Qf2 h5 39. Be7 Kh7 40. h4 Re8
41. Bc5 Rd8 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Bf7 Qxf2 44. Bxf2 Rxf7 45. Bb6 Rf4
46. Bxa5 Rxe4 47. Bxc3 Re2 48. b4 Rxc2 49. Be1 e4 50. a5 Be5+
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Ng3 h5 9. h4 c5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. c3 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 f4 14. Nge2 e5 15. Nf3 f6 16. Bc4 Nd7
17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. g3 f3 20. Nxf3 Be4 21. Neg1 Rd8
22. Rh2 Nd7 23. O-O-O Nc5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bc2 Bd5 26. Nd2
b5 27. b4 Nd7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa4 Rh7 30. Bc2 Rg7 31. Ne2 a5
32. f4 Bb6 33. c4 Ba8 34. fxe5 Be3 35. Nf4 Rxg3 36. Ng6+ Kf7
37. Nh8+ Kg7 38. e6 Ne5 39. b5 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Kxh8 41. Be4 Nxc4+
42. Nxc4 Bd4+ 43. Kb3 Bxe4 44. Re2 Rg3+ 45. Ka4 Rc3 46. Rxe4
Rxc4+ 47. Kb3 Rb4+ 48. Kc2 Bc5 49. Kd3 Kg7 50. Re2 Kf8 51. Rc2
Rxb5 52. Kc4 Rb8 53. Kd5 Be7 54. Kc6 a4 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "2.39"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Jovanka Houska"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Bf5 11. Be3 a6 12. Ng5
c5 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Qe7 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. f4 cxd4
17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O-O 19. Re1 Qe8 20. f5 Bc5 21. Rf4
exf5 22. Rxf5 f6 23. e6 fxg5 24. Rxd5 Kb8 25. Qg3+ Ka8
26. exd7 Qf8 27. Qxg5 Bb4 28. Kb1 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf3 30. Kb2
Kb8 31. Re6 Rhf8 32. Qe5+ Ka7 33. Rdd6 Qf1 34. Re8 Qf7
35. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.36"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marco Codenotti"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "172"]

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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3
Ng6 12. b3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Be3 h5 16. a4 Bc5
17. Ne4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Ng5 Kc8 21. Nxf7
Rf8 22. Ng5 Bxc2 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Rf1 Nh4 26. e6
Rf6 27. Rd1 Bd5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6
31. Kf2 g5 32. f5 Nxf5 33. gxf5 Rf6 34. Kf3 Rxf5+ 35. Ke4 Rf8
36. Bxg5 a5 37. Rh1 Rg8 38. Kf5 Rf8+ 39. Bf6 b6 40. Rh7 Kb7
41. Re7 Rd8 42. Re3 Rd1 43. Be5 Rh1 44. Rg3 Rh7 45. Ke6 Ka6
46. Bf6 Kb7 47. Bg7 Kc8 48. Bf8 Kb7 49. Rf3 Rh1 50. Bg7 Re1+
51. Be5 Rh1 52. Rg3 Rh7 53. Rg8 Rh6+ 54. Kd7 Rh7+ 55. Kd8 Rh3
56. Bg3 Rh7 57. Ke8 Ka6 58. Bf4 Kb7 59. Be5 Rh5 60. Bg3 Rh7
61. Kd8 Rf7 62. Be5 Rf5 63. Re8 Rf7 64. Re6 Rh7 65. Ke8 Rh3
66. Re7 Rxb3 67. Rxc7+ Ka6 68. Bd6 Rb4 69. Kd7 Rxa4 70. Rxc6
Kb5 71. Rc1 Rc4 72. Rb1+ Ka6 73. Ke6 b5 74. Kd5 Rc8 75. Ra1
Kb6 76. Rg1 b4 77. Rg7 Rc2 78. Be5 b3 79. Bd4+ Kb5 80. Rb7+
Ka4 81. Bc5 b2 82. Kd4 Rxc5 83. Kxc5 Ka3 84. Kc4 Ka2 85. Kc3
b1=Q 86. Rxb1 Kxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "5.34"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Rc8 16. Kb1
Bc6 17. Bd3 Bb4 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Rd2
Ba4 22. Bc2 Bxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Ke7 24. Rd1 g5 25. Kb2 h5 26. h3 g4
27. hxg4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Rh4 29. Rd4 Rd7 30. Rf4 f5 31. Rcf2
Rxg4 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. Kc3 e5 34. Rd2 Rc7 35. c5 Ke6 36. Rd6+
Kf5 37. Kd3 Kf4 38. Rf6+ Kg3 39. Rg6 Kxg2 40. Rxg4+ Kf3
41. Rg6 e4+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. Ke1 Rh7 44. Rf6+ Ke4 45. Re6+ Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "6.36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ido Ben Artzi"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. b4 g6 17. Bb2 Bg7
18. c4 bxa4 19. c5 exd4 20. Bxd4 d5 21. Qb2 a5 22. Rxa4 Nh5
23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rc1 Ne6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Bb5 Bc6 27. Bxc6
Qxc6 28. b5 Qc7 29. c6 Ndc5 30. Ra3 Rab8 31. Ne5 Nf4 32. Ndf3
f6 33. Ng4 Ne4 34. Re3 h5 35. Rxe4 hxg4 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. b6
Qd6 38. c7 gxf3 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kg7 41. b7 Qe6
42. b8=Q Qe1+ 43. Kh2 fxg2 44. Q2b7+ Kh6 45. Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "8.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ralf Akesson"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 c5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Ne4
12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 Ne6 14. a3 Rc8 15. e3 Qe8 16. Nd4 Nxc3
17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qd7 20. Qa1 Rc8 21. c4
dxc4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxg7 Qc6 24. Bc3 Rd8 25. Bd4 Rd5
26. Qd1 h5 27. Qf3 Bxa3 28. Qe4 Qe6 29. Qb1 Bf8 30. Rc1 b5
31. Bxa7 h4 32. Bd4 Qg4 33. Rf1 Qf3 34. gxh4 Bd6 35. Qd1 Qxd1
36. Rxd1 b4 37. Re1 Rxd4 38. exd4 b3 39. Rb1 Bf4 40. Kf1 c3
41. Rxb3 c2 42. Rc3 c1=Q+ 43. Rxc1 Bxc1 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Kd3
Bf4 46. h3 Kg6 47. Ke4 Bc7 48. f3 Kh5 49. Kd5 Kxh4 50. Kc6 Ba5
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "10.27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nf1
Rae8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Kh8 15. Qf3 Nh7 16. Nhf5 Ne7 17. h4
Bxf5 18. exf5 Bb6 19. Bd2 c6 20. Rad1 Bc7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4
Nf6 23. Bc2 Ned5 24. Ne2 Nb4 25. Bb1 d5 26. g4 Ne4 27. Bf4
Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qd6 29. Bxe4 Qxf4 30. Nxf4 dxe4 31. Re2 Re7
32. Rde1 Rfe8 33. Kf1 Kg8 34. g5 Kf8 35. f6 gxf6 36. gxf6 Rd7
37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rd6 39. Nh5 Nd5 40. Re5 Nxf6 41. Nxf6
Rxf6 42. Rxa5 Rf4 43. d5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 e5 6. Nf3 d6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Ne3 Qg6 11. Qc2 O-O
12. Bb5 Bc5 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 Ne7 15. Bc4 Qc6 16. Bb3
Qc5 17. Kb1 a5 18. Rhf1 a4 19. Bxa4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Nc6 21. Rd5
Qxe3 22. Re1 Qf4 23. Qb5 Re8 24. Qd3 Be6 25. g3 Qf6 26. Nd2
Bxd5 27. exd5 Ne7 28. c4 Qg6 29. Kc2 Nf5 30. Kc1 Qg5 31. Kb1
Nd4 32. Nf3 Nxf3 33. Qxf3 e4 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. Qe3 Qb4 36. Rc1
f5 37. a3 Qd6 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. h4 b6 40. h5 Kh7 41. Kc2 b5
42. Qf4 bxc4 43. Qxf5+ Qxf5 44. Rxf5 e3 45. Kd1 Rb8 46. Rf4
Rxb2 47. Rxc4 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rxd5 49. g4 Rd3 50. a4 Ra3 51. Ke2
c5 52. Kf3 Kg8 53. Rxc5 Rxa4 54. Re5 Kf7 55. Rxe3 Kf6 56. Kg3
Rd4 57. Rf3+ Ke7 58. Rf1 Rc4 59. Rf2 Rd4 60. Rf1 Rc4 61. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. e5 f6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bf4 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Nxd5 Nxe5 16. Nc3
Qa5 17. Be4 b5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Rd3 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Qb4+ 21. Kc1
Bxc3 22. Qf3 Qb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb1+ 24. Ke2 Qxc2+ 25. Ke3 Re7
26. Qd1 Rxe4+ 27. Kxe4 Qxg2+ 28. Rf3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Huang Qian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Rfe1 c6
12. Qc2 e5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bh3 Nf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rd2 Rfe8
17. Red1 e4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rd7 Qb8 20. Qxe4 Bf6 21. Qf5 Rf8
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Bc8 24. Rd8 Bxh3 25. Rxb8 Raxb8 26. g4
1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Ng5 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2
Bxg5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Be3 d5 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. c5
Qb8 17. g4 g6 18. h4 bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nc8 20. h5 Nd6 21. Rh1 Ne4
22. Rc2 c5 23. dxc5 d4 24. Bc1 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd6 26. Qc4 Rad8
27. b4 d3 28. Bd2 Qb6 29. Qe4 Rd4 30. Qf3 Rd7 31. a4 Qb7
32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. b5 Rd8 34. Rhc1 gxh5 35. gxh5 Be7 36. Rc7
Rd7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Kf3 Bf6 39. h6 Rd7 40. Rc8+ Bd8 41. Ke3
Kf8 42. Bb4+ Ke8 43. Kd2 Rc7 44. Ra8 Kd7 45. Kxd3 Rb7 46. Bc5
Bb6 47. Bxb6 axb6 48. Rh8 Ra7 49. Rxh7 Ke7 50. Rh8 Rxa4 51. h7
Ra3+ 52. Ke4 Rh3 53. Rb8 Rxh7 54. Rxb6 Rh1 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. b6
Rb1 57. Kd4 Rd1+ 58. Ke4 Rb1 59. Kd4 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Rb1 61. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lilit Mkrtchian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. a4 Bg7
7. a5 Qc7 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. d5 Ngf6 12. h3
O-O 13. Bc4 b5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15. cxd7 Nxd7 16. Be7 Re8
17. Bxd6 Qc6 18. Qd5 Bb7 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. O-O-O Re6 21. Rhe1
Rc8 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nd2 Bb7 25. Nxc4 Ke7 26. Ne3
Ra6 27. Ned5+ Ke6 28. b4 Rac6 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4+ Ke7
31. Nfd5+ Ke8 32. Nb5 Ne5 33. Ne3 Rc3 34. Nxc3 Rxc3 35. Nd5
Rg3 36. Ne3 Ba6 37. Rd5 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5
7. a4 e4 8. Nd4 a6 9. c4 Bc5 10. N2b3 dxc4 11. Nxc5 bxc5
12. Nf5 g6 13. Nh6 Qe7 14. dxc4 O-O-O 15. Qc2 Qe6 16. h3 Ne5
17. b3 Nc6 18. Bg5 Nd4 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Rab1 Nd6
22. Rfc1 Qe5 23. h4 f5 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Qb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Nxa5
27. Bxc5 Nc6 28. b4 Re8 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Rbc2 Bc6 31. Bh3 Kb7
32. g4 fxg4 33. Nxg4 Nxg4 34. Bxg4 Nf5 35. Bf4 h5 36. Bh3 e3
37. fxe3 Red8 38. b5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Be4 40. bxa6+ Ka7 41. Rxd1
Rxd1 42. Ra2 Nxh4 43. Bxc7 g5 44. Bc8 Rc1 45. Be6 Nf5 46. Ra5
Ng7 47. Bf7 g4 48. Rg5 Nf5 49. Bxh5 Rxc4 50. Bf4 g3+ 51. Bxg3
Nxg3 52. Kxg3 Kxa6 53. Rg4 Kb5 54. Bf7 Rb4 55. Kh4 Kc5 56. Kg5
Kd6 57. Kf6 Ra4 58. Be8 Rc4 59. Bf7 Ra4 60. Bg6 Bc6 61. Rxa4
Bxa4 62. e4 Kd7 63. e5 Bb3 64. Bf7 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Rapid)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. f4
Ng6 13. Bg4 Ne7 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bh5+ Kd8
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Bf3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Qe2 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nf2 e3 24. Ng4 Kd7 25. Nxe3 Raf8 26. Qa6 Kd8
27. d5 cxd5 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Rd1 Qe3+ 31. Bf2
Qe5 32. Qxa7 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 Ne7 34. Qa8+ Kd7 35. Qa4+ Ke6
36. Nd4+ Kf7 37. Nf3 Qh1+ 38. Bg1 Bxb2 39. c4 Rg8 40. Qc2 Bf6
41. cxd5 Rg3 42. d6 Rxf3+ 43. gxf3 Qxf3+ 44. Bf2 Qh1+ 45. Ke2
Qh5+ 46. Kd2 Qh6+ 47. Be3 Qh2+ 48. Kc1 Qe5 49. Qb3+ Kg7
50. dxe7 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 g5 11. c4 Bg7 12. Rc1
O-O 13. Qe1 b6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. h4
g4 18. Nh2 Qb7 19. Bc4 h5 20. Bg5 Nf8 21. Qe3 Nfg6 22. Nd2 b5
23. axb5 cxb5 24. Ba2 Nd5 25. Qg3 Rdc8 26. Nb3 Nb4 27. Nc5
Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxa2 29. Bf6 Bf8 30. Qe3 Nb4 31. Qg5 Nd3 32. f3
g3 33. Rc3 gxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Nf4 35. g3 Ne2 36. Re3 Nxd4 37. g4
Rc8 38. gxf5 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Nxf5 40. Rd3 Bh6 41. Rd8+ Kh7
42. Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Nc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. e3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Kc2
O-O-O 17. Rad1 Kc7 18. Rd4 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rhd1 e5
21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rf1 Rd7 24. Rf5 Re7 25. g4 a6
26. a4 a5 27. g5 e4 28. h4 Nd3 29. Ne2 Ne1+ 30. Kc3 Ng2
31. Nd4 Nxe3 32. Rf6 Nd1+ 33. Kd2 Rd7 34. Kxd1 Rxd4+ 35. Ke2
Rxc4 36. Rf7+ Kd6 37. Rxh7 Ke5 38. g6 Rc2+ 39. Kd1 Rg2 40. h5
b5 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Rf7 a4 43. g7 a3 44. h6 a2 45. Ra7 Kd4
46. Rxa2 Rg1+ 47. Ke2 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 Nxe5 6. b4 Nf6
7. Bb2 Ng6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nf3 Qe6+ 11. Qe2
Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nf4+ 13. Kf1 e6 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. g3 Ng6 16. h4
h6 17. h5 Ne7 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Ne5 a6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Kd7
22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Rh4 f5 24. Rxg4 fxg4 25. Ne5+ Kc7 26. Nxg4 Rg8
27. Re1 Re8 28. Kg2 a5 29. f4 axb4 30. axb4 Kb7 31. f5 Ra8
32. fxe6 Be7 33. Be5 Ra2 34. Re2 Bg5 35. Rf2 Ka6 36. Bd6 Re8
37. Re2 Kb5 38. c4+ Kxc4 39. Rxa2 Rxe6 40. Ne5+ Kb5 41. Ra5+
Kxb4 42. Nxc6+ Kc4 43. Ra2 Re8 44. Ne5+ Kb3 45. Ra7 d4 46. c6
Bf6 47. c7 Bxe5 48. Bxe5 d3 49. Bf4 Kc2 50. Ra6 Rc8 51. Rc6+
Kd1 52. Kf3 d2 53. Rd6 Ke1 54. Bxd2+ Kf1 55. Ba5 Rf8+ 56. Ke4
1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. O-O c6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Be7 9. f4 h6 10. e4 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Qb6+ 13. Kh2 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. e5 c5 16. Nc3 Nb5
17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. b3 O-O 19. g4 c4 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. d4 c3
22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Bg2 Nc4 25. Qxc3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3
Rc8 27. Rac1 Qa4 28. Qd3 Qxa3 29. Qxa3 Bxa3 30. Ra1 Bb2
31. Rxa7 Bxd4 32. Rd7 Be3 33. Rd3 Bb6 34. c3 Rc4 35. f5 Bc7
36. Re1 Rc5 37. Rde3 Rd8 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Kh1 Ba5 40. Rc1
Rdc8 41. Bf1 Rxc3 42. Rexc3 Rxc3 43. Rxc3 Bxc3 44. Bc4 Bxe5
45. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 h6 10. Qb1 c4 11. Rh4 Nbc6 12. Rg4
Nf5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Rf4 Rf8 15. g4 Nfe7 16. g5 Nf5 17. Bh3
hxg5 18. Nxg5 O-O-O 19. Qd1 Nce7 20. Bc1 f6 21. Nf3 Rh8
22. Bg4 Be8 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Ng1 Bf7 25. Rb1 Rdg8 26. Kf1 Qe8
27. Qe2 b6 28. a4 Qxa4 29. Bb2 Qe8 30. Ra1 Kb7 31. Ba3 Nc6
32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Qxe8 Bxe8 34. Rxf5 Rxh5 35. Rxh5 Bxh5
36. Ne2 Bxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kc7 38. Rh1 Rg7 39. Rh6 Rf7 40. Rh8 a5
41. Ke3 b5 42. Bc5 b4 43. cxb4 axb4 44. Ra8 Rh7 45. Ra4 Rh3+
46. f3 Rh2 47. Bxb4 Nxb4 48. Rxb4 Rxc2 49. Rb5 Kc6 50. Ra5
Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rd3 52. Ra6+ Kb5 53. Rxf6 Rxd4+ 54. Ke5 Rd1
55. Rf8 c3 56. Rc8 Kb4 57. f4 Kb3 58. f5 c2 59. f6 Kb2
60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Rc8+ Kd3 62. Kxd5 c1=Q 63. Rxc1 Rxc1 64. f7
Rf1 65. Ke6 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 exd5 9. O-O h6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Na4 Qb8 16. Qxb8
Rfxb8 17. b3 Rb4 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. f3
Nd6 22. Nc5 Be8 23. Na6 Rb7 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Rb6 26. Rc3
Bd7 27. Rdc1 Bf5 28. Be2 Ke7 29. a4 Bd7 30. a5 Rb7 31. b4 Nb5
32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. bxc5 Rd8 35. Rb1 Bc8 36. Nb8
Kf6 37. Nxc6 Rd7 38. Rb8 Rc7 39. Nb4 Ke6 40. a6 g5 41. Ke3 h5
42. Kd3 g4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. Ke3 f6 45. Kf4 Bd7 46. Rb7 Rc8
47. Rxa7 Rb8 48. Rb7 Rh8 49. a7 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. Ba3 b6 16. Nb5
Rac8 17. Nbd4 Nd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Kf7 20. g4 a6 21. Kg2 Ne4
22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Re1 Rf4 24. Rb2 Rxg4+ 25. Kh3 Rf4 26. Rg1 c5
27. Nh4 Nxf2+ 28. Kg3 Nd3 29. Ng6+ Kd7 30. Nxf4 Nxb2 31. Nde2
Nf7 32. Kf3 Nxe5+ 33. Ke4 Nec4 34. Rxg7+ Kc6 35. Rg6 Nd6+
36. Ke5 Nbc4+ 37. Kxe6 Re8+ 38. Kf6 Ne3 39. Rg7 Nd5+ 40. Kg6
Nxf4+ 41. Nxf4 Re4 42. Ng2 Rg4+ 43. Kxh6 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. O-O d5
7. Bg5 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. c4 Be7 11. N4g3 h6
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Rad1 Qb7 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6
17. d5 e5 18. Nf5 Ne8 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rd3 Nc5 21. Rg3 Kh8
22. Nxg7 Nxg7 23. Nf6 e4 24. b4 Qe7 25. Ng4 h5 26. bxc5 hxg4
27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxg4 f5 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. Rh3 Rac8 31. Qb3
Rc7 32. Rg3 f4 33. Rg4 Qe5 34. Rd1 e3 35. c5 e2 36. d6+ Rcf7
37. Re1 bxc5 38. Qc4 Qxd6 39. Qxe2 Rd8 40. h4 Kf8 41. Qc4 Qd4
42. Qa6 Qd2 43. Rb1 Qd7 44. Rg6 Qd3 45. Qxd3 Rxd3 46. Rb8+ Ke7
47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Rb8+ Ne8 49. Re6 Re7 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Rxf4
Nf6 52. g4 Nd5 53. Rf5 Re4 54. Rg5+ Kf6 55. Rf8+ Ke7 56. Rff5
Red4 57. h5 c4 58. h6 c3 59. h7 c2 60. h8=Q c1=Q+ 61. Kh2 Kd7
62. Rg7+ Ne7 63. Rxe7+ Kxe7 64. Qg7+ Kd6 65. Qf8+ Kd7 66. Rf7+
Ke6 67. Qe7+ Kd5 68. Qd7+ Ke4 69. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 c5
7. a4 b4 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Kxg2 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qd5+ 15. e4 Qd7 16. Nc4 Be7
17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qc6 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Ne5 Qb6 21. a5 Qb5
22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Kf3 g5 26. Be3 Nd7
27. Ke2 e5 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Kh7 31. Rg1 Bf6
32. Raf1 Rg8 33. Be3 Rxg1 34. Rxg1 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Rg1 Rb8
37. b3 Bd4 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. Rf5 Nf8 40. Bxd4 cxd4 41. Ne5+ Kg7
42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rxa7 Rb5 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. a6 Rh5 46. Ra8+ Kg7
47. Nd2 Rxh2+ 48. Kd1 Rh1+ 49. Kc2 Ra1 50. Kb2 Ra5 51. Nc4 Rg5
52. a7 Rg2+ 53. Kb1 Rg1+ 54. Ka2 Rg2+ 55. Nb2 Nc7 56. Rc8 Nb5
57. a8=Q Nc3+ 58. Rxc3 bxc3 59. Qa7+ Kg6 60. Qxd4 Rxb2+
61. Ka1 Rxb3 62. Qd6+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kf8 64. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qe1 c6 12. Bd2
Nc4 13. Bc3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bb4 cxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Bc5
Nxd5 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Be4 Qxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bxd5 Bb7 22. Qe4
Bxd5 23. Qxd5 O-O 24. Qxb5 Rfb8 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Nc4 Rb4
27. Rfe1 a4 28. a3 Rb3 29. f3 Rc8 30. Rc2 Rb5 31. Ree2 Bh6
32. Nd6 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Rd5 34. Rc8+ Bf8 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Rc4 f5
37. Nc3 Rd2 38. Nxa4 Kf6 39. Kf1 Bh6 40. Rc6+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Kd6
42. Rxh7 Be3 43. Rh8 Rf2+ 44. Ke1 Rxg2 45. h4 e4 46. fxe4 f4
47. Rf8 Ke5 48. Nc3 Rxb2 49. Re8+ Kd4 50. Ne2+ Kd3 51. Rd8+
Kxe4 52. Nc3+ Kf3 53. Nd1 Ra2 54. Nxe3 Kxe3 55. Kf1 Kf3
56. Rd3+ Kg4 57. Rd6 Kg3 58. Rxg6+ Kf3 59. Kg1 Rxa3 60. Rb6
Kg3 61. Rg6+ Kxh4 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tan Zhongyi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Rd1 c6 13. O-O Be6 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. b3 Qc5
17. Rc1 Bd4 18. e3 Be5 19. Ne4 Qa3 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. e4 Bd4
22. Bg5 f6 23. Bf4 a5 24. h3 a4 25. bxa4 Qxa2 26. Qxa2 Bxa2
27. Rcd1 c5 28. Rd2 Bb3 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bb6 Bxa4 31. Rc1 Rd6
32. Bc7 Rc6 33. Ba5 Be5 34. f4 Bd4+ 35. Kh2 Be3 36. Ra2 Bxc1
37. Rxa4 Ra6 38. Rc4 Rxa5 39. Rxc1 Ra2 40. Rxc5 Rd8 41. Rd5
Rxd5 42. exd5 Kf8 43. g4 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kd6 45. g5 b5 46. Be4
fxg5 47. fxg5 g6 48. Kf4 Ra4 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Bd3 Ra3 51. Ke2
Rb3 52. h4 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "12.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lilit Mkrtchian"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. f4 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe1 b5 10. b4 Bb7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4
Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Ra5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nb3
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qg3 Qg6 20. Qf2 Rac8 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. f5
exf5 23. Nxf5 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 26. Rf2
Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxb2 28. Rxa6 Be5 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nd5 Bxh2
31. b5 Be5 32. Ke3 h5 33. b6 Rb8 34. Ne7 Bh2 35. Nc6 Bg1+
36. Ke4 Rxb6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Nd8 Kg6 39. Ra1 Bc5 40. Rf1 f6
41. Ne6 Rb4+ 42. Kd5 h4 43. Nf4+ Kh6 44. Ne6 h3 45. Nd8 h2
46. Nf7+ Kg6 47. Nh8+ Kh7 48. Nf7 Bg1 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. d5
Na5 13. c4 b5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. cxb5 c4 16. Bc2 Qe8 17. Bb2
Rd8 18. Qe2 Qxb5 19. Rab1 Qh5 20. Bc3 Ba6 21. e5 Nb7 22. Rfd1
Nc5 23. Bb4 Bb7 24. Nd4 Qg5 25. f3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxf3 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bd5 29. Rf1 Rc8 30. h3 Bg5 31. Re2 Nd3 32. Bd6
Nf4 33. Ref2 Ng6 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kh7
37. Rc8 Bd2 38. Bb4 Be3+ 39. Kf1 Bd4 40. Bc5 Bxe5 41. Bxa7 c3
42. a4 Bb7 43. Re8 c2 44. Be3 Bb2 45. Rb8 Ba6+ 46. Kf2 Bd4
47. Bxd4 c1=Q 48. Rb2 Qf4+ 49. Ke1 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 b6 4. Be3 Bb7 5. Qd2 d6 6. O-O-O a6
7. f4 b5 8. e5 Nh6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3
Nd7 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Bh4 Nb6 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rhe1
Nd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bxf5 Bf6 20. Bg3 a4 21. Ng5 a3 22. Ne4
axb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qc7 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Qe2 Bxd3
27. Rxd3 Nd5 28. Bh4 f6 29. Qh5+ Kd8 30. Ra1 Nxf4 31. Qf5
Nxd3+ 32. Qxd3 Qd6 33. Bg3 Qd5 34. Bf4 Kd7 35. Qh3+ f5 36. Be5
Rhf8 37. Qxh7 c5 38. g4 c4 39. gxf5 c3+ 40. Kb1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. e4 c5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h4 Qc7 11. Qe2 h6 12. h5
Nb4 13. Nf1 c4 14. d4 c3 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Qd1 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Rc8
18. Qd2 b5 19. a4 Nb6 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxb4 Bxb4
23. Reb1 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Bc3 25. axb5 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxb5
27. Rxa7 Nc8 28. Rb7 Ba6 29. Rb8 Kd7 30. Bf1 Kc7 31. Rb3 Bxf1
32. Kxf1 Nb6 33. Nd2 Ra8 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Rb1 Ra2 36. Kd3 Ra3+
37. Rb3 Ra1 38. Rb1 Ra3+ 39. Nb3 Nd7 40. Rf1 f6 41. exf6 Nxf6
42. g4 Kd6 43. Rg1 Ne4 44. Ra1 Rxa1 45. Nxa1 Nf2+ 46. Ke2 Nxg4
47. Nb3 Nf6 48. Kf3 Nxh5 49. e4 dxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Nf6+ 51. Kd3 h5
52. c4 h4 53. Ke3 g5 54. Nd2 g4 55. Kf4 g3 56. Nf3 g2 57. Kg5
h3 58. Kxf6 h2 59. c5+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "16.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bf4 c4 13. Qc2 b5 14. a3 a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bd6 19. a4 f5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re5
Qxd4 22. Rxb5 Rad8 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxb2 25. Qe6+ Kh8
26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re2 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qxa4 29. Re4 Qc2 30. Rf4 Rg8
31. Rxc4 Qa2 32. Qe4 Rf8 33. Rc2 Qf7 34. Qc6 h6 35. h4 Qb3
36. Qd6 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 a4 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Qb4 a3 40. Qc4 Rd8
41. Qc7 Rd1 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qc2+ Kh8 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qc2+
Kg8 46. Qc8+ Kf7 47. Qc4+ Kg6 48. Qc2+ Kh5 49. Qxd1 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "17.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15. a3 h6 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ba2 Nc5 20. Nd2 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5
Qxd5 23. Nde4 Qc6 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Be3 Qd5 26. Qe2 Qb3
27. Red1 Rad8 28. Rd2 Bg7 29. Rad1 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc4 31. Qxc4
Rxc4 32. Rd6 Rc2 33. R1d2 Rec8 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. b4 Ra2
36. Ra6 Nd5 37. Ne4 Nxb4 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Nd6 f5 40. Ra7 Kg8
41. axb4 Rb2 42. Bc5 e4 43. g3 Be5 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Ra7+ Kg8
46. Rb7 h5 47. h4 Re2 48. Rxb5 f4 49. gxf4 Bxf4 50. Rb8+ Kh7
51. Re8 e3 52. fxe3 Bg3 53. Ne4 Bxh4 54. Bd4 g5 55. Re7+ Kg6
56. Re6+ Kf7 57. Rf6+ Ke8 58. Rh6 Re1+ 59. Kg2 Re2+ 60. Kf3
Re1 61. Rxh5 Rf1+ 62. Ke2 Re1+ 63. Kd3 Rd1+ 64. Kc4 Rg1 65. b5
1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8
7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e4 Bb7 12. h3
Nb4 13. Ne1 Re8 14. a4 c6 15. Bf4 Ra8 16. g4 Nd7 17. a5 Qc8
18. g5 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. h4 Ncd3 21. Nxd3 Nxd3 22. Bg3 Qc5
23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Rad8 25. Qe2 b4 26. Nd1 Bd6 27. Bxd6
Rxd6 28. Ne3 Rd4 29. Qg4 Qe5 30. Re1 Qxa5 31. h5 b3 32. Re2
Rd2 33. g6 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 hxg6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Qg4 Qa1+
37. Kh2 Qxb2 38. Qxg6 Qe5+ 39. Kg1 Rc8 40. Ng4 Qf4 41. Qxe6+
Kh8 42. Ne3 b2 43. Qh3+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "19.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3
h6 12. b3 Be6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Ne2 c5 16. N4c3 Rc8
17. Kh2 Be7 18. g4 Nh4 19. Kg3 h5 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Nef4 hxg4
22. hxg4 c6 23. Ne3 b5 24. Bb2 Ng6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Rh1 Rxh1
27. Rxh1 Kf7 28. f4 Bb6 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Kg8 31. e6 Be8
32. Kf4 Bc7+ 33. Ke4 Bd8 34. Rg1 Rc7 35. f6 Bh5 36. Nf5 Bxf6
37. Bxf6 g6 38. Nd6 Kf8 39. e7+ Rxe7+ 40. Bxe7+ Kxe7 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "20.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Nc6 10. N2f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4
O-O 12. e4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Qb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Re2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Qh6
Kh8 22. e5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 Rg8 24. Rh5 Rg7 25. Qe3 f5 26. Qe5
Rf8 27. Rd3 Bf6 28. Qc5 Kg8 29. Rb3 Rb8 30. Kg1 Qc6 31. Qe3
Qd5 32. Ne1 Qd1 33. Rh3 Rc8 34. Kf1 Qd5 35. Kg1 Bd4 36. Qf4
Be5 37. Qf3 Rc1 38. Kf1 Qc4+ 39. Qe2 Qd5 40. Kg1 Qd1 41. Qxd1
Rxd1 42. Kf1 Rd5 43. Rh4 Bd4 44. Rf4 Rf7 45. Rff3 e5 46. Rfd3
Rc5 47. Rd2 Rc1 48. Ke2 f4 49. f3 fxg3 50. hxg3 Rg7 51. g4 h5
52. gxh5 Rg1 53. Rd1 Rxd1 54. Kxd1 Bf2 55. Ke2 Bxe1 56. Rxb5
Bg3 57. Rd5 Rg2+ 58. Kd3 Bf4 59. b4 Rxa2 60. Ke4 Ra7 61. Kf5
Rb7 62. b5 Kf7 63. h6 Bxh6 64. Kxe5 Bf8 65. f4 d6+ 66. Ke4 Ke6
67. Rg5 Be7 68. Rh5 Ra7 69. Rh6+ Kf7 70. f5 Rb7 71. Rh7+ Kf6
72. Rh6+ Kg7 73. Re6 Kf7 74. Rh6 Rxb5 75. Rh7+ Kf6 76. Rh6+
Kg7 77. Rh1 Bf6 78. Kf4 Rb4+ 79. Kf3 Be5 80. Rf1 Kf6 81. Ke3
d5 82. Kd3 Rb3+ 83. Kd2 Rh3 84. Ke2 d4 85. Kd2 Rh5 86. Kd3
Rxf5 87. Ra1 Rf3+ 88. Kd2 Kf5 89. Rh1 Ke4 90. Rh4+ Bf4+
91. Kd1 d3 92. Rh1 Kd4 93. Rg1 Kc3 94. Rh1 Be3 95. Re1 Rg3 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "21.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 e6 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3
Nd7 13. Be3 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qb3 Qc7
17. Rd1 Raf8 18. c4 d4 19. Bc1 g5 20. Ng3 R5f7 21. Nh5 gxf4
22. Bxf4 Bxe5 23. Rdf1 Kh8 24. Bh6 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Rf5 26. Rxf5
exf5 27. Qf3 Qd6 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Qxb7 Qe5
31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qxa7+ Kg6 33. Qa3 Bh4 34. Qf3 Qe4 35. Qf4 Kf7
36. g3 Bf6 37. Qh6 Qf3 38. Qxh7+ Bg7 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "22.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Na6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 Nc5 11. Re1 dxe4
12. dxe4 O-O 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 fxe6 16. a3 a5
17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Rad8 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Nd5 21. Bd2
Ra8 22. b5 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Nb6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Be3
Bxe3 27. Nxe3 c5 28. f4 Ra3 29. Nc4 Rd3 30. e5 Rd4 31. Kf2 Bd3
32. Nd6 c4 33. Ke3 Rxd6 34. exd6 Kf7 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Kxe4
Nc5+ 37. Ke3 Nb7 38. d7 Ke7 39. Rd1 c3 40. Rd4 Kd8 41. Kd3
Nc5+ 42. Kxc3 Nxd7 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Rb4 Kd6 45. Ke3 g6 46. Rb7
h5 47. Rb5 Ke7 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. Ra5 Nb6 50. Ke4 Nc4 51. Ra6
Nd2+ 52. Kd3 Nf3 53. Ra2 g5 54. Ke3 g4 55. h3 Ng1 56. hxg4
hxg4 57. Ra8 Nf3 58. Rf8+ Kg6 59. Ke4 Kg7 60. Re8 Kf6 61. Rg8
Nh2 62. Rg5 Kf7 63. Ra5 Nf1 64. Ra3 Kf6 65. Rb3 Nd2+ 66. Ke3
Nxb3 67. Ke4 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "23.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 d4 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Na3 Bf5 11. exd4 cxd4
12. Nc4 d3 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bc5
17. a3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc2 19. Bb2 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Qd5 21. Qf4
Rfe8 22. Ne3 Qe4 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qb5 Qf3 25. Qxd3 Ne4 26. Qe2
Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Nc5 28. b4 Nd3 29. Bc3 Re6 30. f4 Rc8 31. Kg2
Rcc6 32. Kf3 Ra6 33. f5 Re8 34. g4 Rxa3 35. h4 b6 36. g5 hxg5
37. hxg5 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rh2 Nc5 40. Nd5 Ne4 41. f6 Nxg5+
42. Kg4 Nh7 43. Ne7+ Rxe7 44. fxe7 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Kf3
Rxe7 47. Rh5 a4 48. Ra5 f6 49. Rxa4 Ng5+ 50. Kg4 Re4+ 51. Rxe4
Nxe4 52. Ba5 Kf7 53. Kf5 Nc5 54. Bc3 g6+ 55. Kf4 Ne6+ 56. Ke4
g5 57. Kf5 Ng7+ 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. d4 f5+ 60. Kf3 Ne8 61. d5 Kf7
62. Be5 Ke7 63. Ke3 Nf6 64. Kd4 Nd7 65. Bg7 Kf7 66. Bh8 Kg8
67. Be5 Nxe5 68. Kxe5 f4 69. Ke6 Kf8 70. Kd7 f3 71. d6 f2
72. Kc8 f1=Q 73. d7 Qa6+ 74. Kc7 Qa5+ 75. Kc8 Qc5+ 76. Kb7 Qd6
77. Kc8 Qc6+ 78. Kd8 Qxd7+ 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "24.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. cxd3
Nd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Qg3
f6 18. Bxh6 Qf7 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. Bf4 Ncd7 21. Qh3 Rae8 22. Nb5
Qe7 23. d4 Nc4 24. Nc7 Qf7 25. Nxe6 Rh8 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qxd5
Rxh5 28. Qxc4 b5 29. Qc6 Rh7 30. Nc7 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qh5
32. Re8+ Nf8 33. Qe6+ Qf7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "25.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. e3 a6 8. d4 Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. b4 Bf5 12. Bb2 Qd7
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. Nxe5
Bb5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. a4 Be2 20. Rd2 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Rad1
Bb8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Bh7 25. Nc4 Nc8 26. d6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6
cxd6 28. Bxb7 Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Ba3 h5 31. gxh5 Rh4
32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxh5 35. b6 Rb5 36. Kf1
Kf8 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Rc6 Kd7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. b7 g6 41. Kd3 f5
42. Kc4 Rb2 43. Kc5 Ke5 44. Kc6 Ke4 45. Rg7 Rc2+ 46. Kd6 Rd2+
47. Kc7 Rc2+ 48. Kd8 Rb2 49. Kc8 Kf3 50. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "26.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tan Zhongyi"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5
7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. O-O-O b4 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4
Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 h5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Rc4 Nd8 20. Rxb4 Ne6 21. Nc3
c5 22. Rb7 Nf5 23. Nd5 Rfb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. c3 h4 26. b3 Rb7
27. Kc2 g5 28. a4 Kg6 29. a5 Rb5 30. b4 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rb7
32. Kc3 f6 33. exf6 exf6 34. Ne3 Nf4 35. Nxf5 Kxf5 36. Nd4+
Ke4 37. f3+ Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kf5 39. Kb3 Rc7 40. b5 axb5 41. Nd4+
Ke5 42. Nxb5 Rb7 43. Kc4 Rb8 44. a6 Ra8 45. a7 f5 46. Kc5 g4
47. fxg4 fxg4 48. hxg4 Ne6+ 49. Kb6 Rg8 50. Ra2 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "27.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lilit Mkrtchian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O h6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Qd7
12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Ne7 14. e4 c5 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nf1 Nd4
17. Ne3 b5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 bxc4 21. bxc4
Ra3 22. Qc2 f5 23. Qb2 Rxd3 24. c5 e4 25. cxd6 Rf6 26. Rac1
Rxd6 27. Rb1 Rxd5 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Ra5 30. Rb2 Rda3
31. Rd2 d3 32. f3 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. fxe4 d2 35. Rb1 Bg4
36. exf5 Rb2 37. Bd5+ Kf8 38. Ra1 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "28.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8
12. a5 Rc8 13. Be3 Bd8 14. Be2 Rc6 15. Bd3 b5 16. axb6 Bxb6
17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Na5 Qc7 20. c3 Rbb8 21. b4 Nb6
22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. Qd2 Rab8 24. Ra3 h6 25. h3 Nh5 26. Bf1 Nf4
27. h4 Qe7 28. g3 Nh5 29. Nc4 Rc6 30. Ne3 Qb7 31. Rea1 Rb6
32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Nf6 34. Qxb7 R8xb7 35. Bxa6 Rc7 36. Bd3
d5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. exd5+ e4 39. Bc2 Rxc3 40. R8a2 Rxb4
41. Rd1 Rbc4 42. Bb1 Rc1 43. Rd2 Rxd1+ 44. Rxd1 Kg8 45. d6 Nd7
46. Kf1 Kf8 47. Ke2 f5 48. h5 Ke8 49. Rd2 Nf6 50. Ba2 Rc5
51. Be6 Re5 52. Bb3 Nxh5 53. Ba4+ Kd8 54. d7 Ra5 55. Rd4 Nf6
56. Rb4 Nxd7 57. Rd4 Ra7 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Kf4 g6 60. g4 Nc5
61. Bc6 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "29.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Huang Qian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 b5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. e4
Bh7 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc6 Qxc6
17. Rxc6 Nc5 18. Ne5 dxe4 19. d4 Nd3 20. Nxd3 exd3 21. Rec1
Rab8 22. Ra6 a4 23. b4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rac6 Bf5 26. Re1
Be6 27. Nf3 Rdc8 28. Rec1 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bg4 30. Kg2 Bg5
31. Bc1 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 d2 33. Bxd2 Bxd2 34. Rc5 Bxb4 35. axb4
a3 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Ra2 Ra4 38. Ke3 g5 39. h3 h5 40. Kd3 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Kc3 Kg7 43. Kb3 Kg6 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. Kd3 Rxb4
46. Rxa3 Ra4 47. Rc3 Rc4 48. Ra3 b4 49. Ra7 Rc3+ 50. Ke2 f6
51. Rd7 Ke4 52. Rf7 f5 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Women's Blitz)"]
[Site "Huai'an CHN"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[Round "30.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5 h6 9. Qg4 Nf5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qh3 c4 12. Bxf5
exf5 13. Qg3 Kh7 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kf1 Qa4 16. Ra2 Qb5 17. Rb2
Qa4 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Rh3 b6 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Qf4 Be6 22. Qh4
Rae8 23. Ke1 Bd7 24. Kd1 Qc6 25. Nf4 b5 26. Re3 a5 27. f3 Be6
28. g4 fxg4 29. fxg4 Qd7 30. Rg3 g5 31. hxg6+ Nxg6 32. Qxh6+
Kxh6 33. Nxe6+ Nf4 34. Rh3+ Kg6 35. Nxf4+ Kg7 36. Nh5+ Kf8
37. Nf6 Qe6 38. Rxb5 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. Rh7 Rxg4 41. Rhxf7
Rg1+ 42. Kd2 Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Kc8 44. Rfc7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8
46. Rdc7+ Kd8 47. Rd7+ Kc8 48. Rdc7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Na3 Ne4 9. Nxc4 Nxd2 10. Nfxd2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7
12. Na5 Nxa5 13. Qxa5 c6 14. Qc3 O-O 15. Nc4 a5 16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. a3 a4 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Be4 Be8 20. e3 Bf6 21. Nd3 Ra5
22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Nc5 Rca8 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Bg2 b6
27. Nb4 c5 28. d5 Bd7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qe5 31. Rb1 Rb5
32. Qxa4 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Rd7 Bg5 35. h4 Qa1+ 36. Rd1
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nino Batsiashvili"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Bg4 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bg6 14. c4 Rac8 15. c5 Nd8 16. Qd2 c6 17. Ba2
Ne6 18. Rac1 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nxe5 Qd4 21. Nf3 Qd6
22. Rfd1 Rcd8 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. d4 c4 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Ne5 c5
27. Qg3 Qd6 28. Nxg6+ Qxg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. a4
Rfe8 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bb1 g5 34. Kf1 g6 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. Rd2
Rd6 37. Rcd1 Red8 38. g3 Be5 39. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Na3 Rb8 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Qc2 Bb7
12. O-O Ne7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. a4 Be4 15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. Rxc7 bxa4
17. Rxa4 Nfd5 18. Rcxa7 O-O 19. Ra2 Rfc8 20. b4 Nc6 21. Rd7
Nb6 22. Rxd6 Nc4 23. Rd7 Nb6 24. Rd6 Nc4 25. Rd7 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Nce7 11. Ne4 Nf5
12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. b3 Rfd8
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh3 Rxd4 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 22. Qxf5 Rd5 23. Qf4 Qc2 24. Be3 h6 25. Qf3 Qf5 26. Qxf5
Rxf5 27. Rac1 Re8 28. a4 Rfe5 29. Red1 a6 30. h3 Nd5 31. Bd4
R5e6 32. g3 Nb4 33. Bc5 Nc6 34. b4 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bd6
Ne5 37. Rd5 Nc4 38. Bf4 g5 39. Rxb5 Na3 40. Ra5 gxf4 41. Rxa3
Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Rb8 fxg3
46. Kxg3 Rb3+ 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kxh5 Rxh3+ 49. Kg4 Rb3 50. f4
Rb1 51. Kf5 Rb2 52. Rb6 Rb1 53. b5 Rb2 54. Rb7 Rb1 55. Rb8 Rb2
56. Ke5 Rb1 57. b6 Rb2 58. Kd5 Kf6 59. Kc6 Rc2+ 60. Kb7 Rc4
61. Rc8 Rxf4 62. Rc5 Ke6 63. Kc7 Rb4 64. b7 f5 65. Rc6+ Kd5
66. Rb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4
12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nh7 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Be5 Bc5 18. Qc3 Qxf2 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Rhf1 Be3+ 21. Kb1
Qxg2 22. Qb4 c5 23. Qb7 Bb5 24. Rf7 Rxf7 25. Qxa8+ Rf8
26. Bh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxf8 Qg4 28. Rh1 Qg2 29. Rd1 Qg4 30. Rh1 Qg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 c5 12. Bh6
a5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 e6 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rfc1
Rfc8 18. h4 h6 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Ng8 21. Nd4 Rc5 22. Re1
Rd8 23. Nb3 Rcc8 24. Nxa5 Bd5 25. Nc4 Nc5 26. Bf1 Nb3 27. Rad1
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Na5 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Rd6 b3 32. Ne2
Nb7 33. Nd4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qd2 g4 36. g3 Nh6 37. Nc6 Qf8
38. Rd4 Nc5 39. Rd8 Ne4 40. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Almira Skripchenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+
12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bg3+ 14. Kg1 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5
7. Ndb5 d6 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Qc7 11. O-O Ne5
12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5
O-O 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Bb5 20. Rc3 Rac8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bb3 Nc4 23. Qd4 Na5 24. e4 Nxb3 25. axb3 Qe6
26. Qe3 Bc6 27. Rxd6 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Kf1 h6 30. Rd4 Bf3
31. Rd3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.04.30"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. O-O Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. Qd4 Qc5 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Na3 Rad8 16. Nxc4
Bb5 17. Rfc1 b6 18. b4 Rd4 19. Nxb6 Na6 20. Na8 c6 21. a3 Rc8
22. e3 Rdd8 23. a4 Bd3 24. b5 Nb4 25. bxc6 Re8 26. c7 Nd5
27. Rd1 Ba6 28. e4 Ne7 29. Rab1 Rxa8 30. Rd6 Be2 31. Re1 Bh5
32. Bf1 a5 33. Rc1 Bf3 34. Bb5 Rf8 35. Rd4 g5 36. h3 h5 37. g4
hxg4 38. hxg4 Bxg4 39. Rd7 Rfe8 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. c8=Q+ Rxc8
42. Rxc8+ Kg7 43. Kg2 Bd1 44. Kg3 f6 45. exf6+ Kxf6 46. f3 e5
47. Rd8 Bb3 48. Ra8 Rc7 49. Rxa5 Rc3 50. Ra8 Bd1 51. Rd8 Bc2
52. Rd6+ Ke7 53. Rc6 Rxc6 54. Bxc6 Kd6 55. Be8 Bb3 56. Kg4 Ke7
57. Bb5 Kf6 58. a5 Be6+ 59. Kh5 Bf7+ 60. Kh6 Be6 61. a6 Bc8
62. Kh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bf6 8. Qd3 Ne7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ne2 b6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Ng8 16. e5
Be7 17. Nd4 d5 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Rfc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5
c6 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nb5 d4 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. g3 g5
27. Bc1 a6 28. Nc7 h6 29. Rf1 Rc8 30. Nd5 Rc6 31. Kg2 Kg7
32. Kf3 Re6 33. Ke4 Bd6 34. Rf5 Bb8 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rg6
37. Rf2 Rg1 38. Bd2 Rg4+ 39. Kf5 h5 40. Nxb6 Ne7+ 41. Ke6 Ng6
42. Nd7 Bxe5 43. Nxe5 Re4 44. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Na3 a6
7. Ba4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5
12. Qc2 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Nd3 Ba6 15. Rf3 a4 16. Rh3 g6
17. Nc1 Nd6 18. d3 Bc8 19. Rf3 axb3 20. axb3 Nf7 21. Rf1 Bd7
22. Nb1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 e5 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Bb2 Bd6
27. Ne2 d4 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. exd4 Ng4 30. Nf4 Bf5 31. Rf3 cxd4
32. c5 Re8 33. Qc1 Qa5 34. Rf1 Be5 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Bxd4 Qd2
37. h3 Bxf4 38. hxg4 Re1 39. gxf5 Be3+ 40. Kh2 Rxf1 41. Bxf6+
Kxf6 42. Qe6+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Ubiennykh"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5
12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxc5
17. a4 Qc4 18. Ba3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bd6 Qb3 21. Qc1 f6
22. Bb1 Nd4 23. exd4 Rxd6 24. Rd3 exd4 25. Bc2 Qb6 26. Rb1 Qa6
27. Qf4 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 dxc3 29. Rxb7 Rd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qxb7 31. Qe3
Qd5 32. Bc2 Qe5 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Bc4 36. Ke3
Ke6 37. Ke4 a5 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. g3 Kd6 41. Bb1 Kc5
42. Kxe5 Bb3 43. f4 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alisa Galliamova"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 d5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Nb4 11. O-O Nf6
12. Re1 O-O 13. Bb3 Qd6 14. Nc3 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Ne5 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qb4 21. Bd2 Qb7
22. f3 Rad8 23. Re5 Be6 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bf2 Nd5
27. Bc2 Nf4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rb1 Qc6 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Ne5 Qd6
32. Rc6 Qe7 33. Rxa6 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Nxd4 35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. Rxc6
Rd6 37. Rxd6 cxd6 38. a4 Bc4 39. Bg3 d5 40. h3 d4 41. Be4 Rd8
42. Be1 d3 43. Bd2 Qd6 44. a5 Rb8 45. Rxb8+ Qxb8 46. Qf5 Qb1+
47. Kh2 Bd4 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qxc4 Qg1+ 50. Kg3 Qf2+ 51. Kh2
Qg1+ 52. Kg3 Qf2+ 53. Kh2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Polina Shuvalova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 Qb6 8. Ba4 Rd8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxf2+ 15. Kh2 Qg3+ 16. Kg1 Qf2+
17. Kh2 Qg3+ 18. Kg1 Nf2 19. Qf3 Nxh3+ 20. Kf1 Qh2 21. Be3 h5
22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qd4 Qh1+ 25. Bg1 Bc4+ 26. Qxc4
Qxg1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 Qd2+ 30. Kb3 Rd3+
31. Qc3 Rxc3+ 32. bxc3 Nf2 33. Bb5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.08"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 exd6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Be3 Bh5
12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Qe4 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Nbd2 Na4
21. Rab1 Bf6 22. Be3 Rad8 23. g4 b5 24. g5 Be7 25. Rfc1 Nb6
26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nd5 28. Bd2 f6 29. h4 Bf8 30. Re1 Rxe1+
31. Rxe1 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ncb4 33. a3 Nd3 34. Rd1 Nb6 35. Nxb6 axb6
36. b3 Ne5 37. Nxe5+ fxe5 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxb3 40. Be3
Ke6 41. Rd8 Be7 42. Rg8 Kf7 43. Rb8 Ke6 44. Rg8 Kf7 45. Rb8
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.09"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anastasia Travkina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. c4 b5
12. cxb5 a6 13. Qe2 axb5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Rxd8
Bxd8 17. h4 Rxa2 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qb7 Bd5 21. Qxb5
Bc7 22. Qxc5 Rfa8 23. b3 Ra1+ 24. Kb2 R8a2+ 25. Kc3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Chess Club Simul"]
[Site "St. Louis, Missouri"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Joshua Wexelbaum"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c4 7.Qg4
g6 8.h4 h5 9.Qf4 Ne7 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.Ng5 Qa5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Be2
Bd7 14.O-O Nce7 15.Rfb1 Bc6 16.f3 Qc7 17.a4 Ng8 18.a5 O-O-O
19.Bc1 Re8 20.Rb4 Ngh6 21.Nh3 Qd8 22.g3 Reg8 23.Kg2 Rg7 24.Qg5
Qc7 25.Nf2 Ng8 26.Rbb1 Ngh6 27.Ba3 Qd8 28.Qxd8+ Kxd8 29.Bc1
Rgg8 30.Bg5+ Kd7 31.g4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Ne7 33.Bf6 Rh7 34.Nh3 Re8
35.Ng5 Rhh8 36.Bxh8 Rxh8 37.Rf1 Rf8 38.Rf4 Ke8 39.Raf1 Bd7
40.Rb1 Bc8 41.Nh7 Rh8 42.Nf6+ Kd8 43.Rh1 Nc6 44.g5 Nf5 45.h5
Nxa5 46.Kf2 gxh5 47.Rxh5 Rxh5 48.Bxh5 Ke7 49.Ng8+ Kd8 50.Bxf7
Nc6 51.Nh6 Nce7 52.Nxf5 Nxf5 53.Rxf5 exf5 54.Bxd5 Ke7 55.g6
Kf8 56.Bxc4 a5 57.e6 b5 58.e7+ Kxe7 59.g7 bxc4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Be2 Na5 11. b3 b5 12. Nd5
bxc4 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. b4 Nb7 16. Ne3 a5 17. Bxc4
O-O 18. a3 Nd7 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Rab1
axb4 23. axb4 Qe7 24. Rfe1 Be5 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Ng3 Bxg3
27. hxg3 Qd4 28. Bf4 Qxd5 29. Rbd1 Qf5 30. Qc6 Rfc8 31. Qxe4
Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd8 33. Rc4 Nf6 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7
36. Rc1 Nf8 37. b5 h6 38. Rc7 Nd8 39. Bxd6 Nfe6 40. Ra7 Rb6
41. Be7 Rb8 42. g4 Kh7 43. f4 Nd4 44. Bd6 Rxb5 45. Bxb5 Nxb5
46. Rd7 Nxd6 47. Rxd6 Ne6 48. g3 g5 49. f5 Nc5 50. Rd4 Kg7
51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Rd5 Nb3 53. Kf3 Nc1 54. Ke3 Na2 55. Kd2 Kg7
56. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nafisa Muminova"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4
7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. Nf3 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bb2 e5 15. Qh4 g5 16. Qg3 e4
17. Bxe4 Qe7 18. Qd6 dxe4 19. Nd2 Rh7 20. Bxc3 Bf5 21. Nc4 Rd8
22. Bf6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Rdd7 24. Nxf5 Rdf7 25. Bg7+ Rhxg7
26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. O-O Na5 29. Rd5 Nc4 30. Rfd1 Kf6
31. a4 e3 32. fxe3 Nxe3 33. Rd6+ Kf5 34. R1d3 Nxc2 35. Rd7
Rxc5 36. R3d5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5+ Ke6 38. Rc5 Nd4 39. Rc7 a5
40. Rxb7 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nc3 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. Rxh6 Nxa4 44. Ra6
Nc5 45. Rxa5 Ne6 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3+
12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qd4 Ndxc5 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Be2 Nb3
17. Qb4 Nc1 18. Nd4 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 b6 20. f3 a5 21. Qe1 Nd6
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Kg7 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. g4 Rc5
27. Kd2 a4 28. Rc3 Kg6 29. Rhc1 Rfc8 30. g3 R8c7 31. Kd3 Bc8
32. Kd2 Bd7 33. Kd3 Bc8 34. Kd2 Bd7 35. Nc2 Be6 36. Nb4 Rc4
37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. Nc2 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Rh1+ Kg6 41. g4
Kg7 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Kc3 Rc8 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rh1 Kg7 46. Kb4 b5
47. Rd1 c3 48. b3 Be6 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. Kxa4 c2 51. Rc1 Rc3
52. Kb4 Rxe3 53. Rxc2 Kf6 54. a4 Bd5 55. Rc3 Rxc3 56. Kxc3 Ke5
57. a5 Bb7 58. Kc4 Kf4 59. Kc5 Ke3 60. Kb6 Ba8 61. Kc5 Bb7
62. Kc4 Kf4 63. Kd3 Ba6+ 64. Kd2 Bc4 65. Nc6 Bd5 66. Nd4 Bc4
67. Kc3 Ba6 68. Kb4 Ke3 69. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhansaya Abdumalik"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 Nxc4 9. b3 a6 10. bxc4 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+
12. Bd2 Bc5 13. O-O d5 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. Bf4 b6
17. e3 Ra5 18. Be5 Be7 19. Nd4 Qa8 20. cxd5 Bb7 21. e4 Ng4
22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Nb5 exd5 24. Qd1 Ne5 25. exd5 Rxa2 26. Re1 Nc4
27. Qd3 Na3 28. Nxa3 Rxa3 29. Qf5 Ra5 30. Be4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2
Nxe5 7. e4 d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Kg2 Re8 13. Qf3 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bf2 Qd7 16. Re1 Ng4
17. Bg1 Nb4 18. Rad1 c6 19. a3 Na6 20. e5 h5 21. h3 Nh6
22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxh5 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. d5
Nf5 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. Rf1 g6 29. Qf4 cxd5 30. cxd5 Qd6 31. g4
Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Nd6 33. Bd4 f5 34. Be5 Nf7 35. Bf6 Nd6 36. Be7
Nc8 37. d6 Nxe7 38. dxe7 Kf7 39. Nd5 Ke6 40. Rd4 Re8 41. gxf5+
gxf5 42. Rd1 Ke5 43. Kf3 Nb8 44. Nf4 Nc6 45. Re1+ Kf6 46. Nd5+
Kf7 47. Kf4 Nd4 48. Re5 b5 49. Ke3 Nc6 50. Rxf5+ Kg7 51. Kd3
a5 52. Rf6 Ne5+ 53. Ke4 Ng6 54. Re6 Kf7 55. Kf5 Nh4+ 56. Ke5
Rb8 57. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. b4 a5 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. c3 Nd5 11. Ne4 axb4
12. cxb4 Nxb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nfxg5 Qxd1
16. Rfxd1 Ne5 17. Bb3 h6 18. Nh3 Ra5 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Rd4 Na6
21. Rc1 Bc6 22. h4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxc5 24. Rxe5 Nxb3 25. Rxa5
Nxa5 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. Nd3 Nc6 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. Rc7 Rd2
30. Rxc6 Rxd3 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. g3 Ke8 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. Rc4 Ke7
35. Rg4 g6 36. Ra4 Rb7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Re4+ Kd5
40. Ra4 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 Ke5 42. Ra5+ Kf6 43. Ra7 e5 44. Ra6+ Kf5
45. Ra7 f6 46. Ra6 Rb4 47. Kf3 h5 48. Rc6 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 Rb2
50. Rc5 g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. Rc8 e4 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Re8 Rb4
55. Rh8 Ra4 56. Rf8 Ra6 57. Re8 Kf5 58. Rh8 Kg4 59. Re8 Ra4
60. Re7 Kf5 61. Rf7+ Kg6 62. Rf8 Rb4 63. Rh8 e3 64. fxe3 Rb2+
65. Kg1 Re2 66. Kf1 Rxe3 67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Rf8 Ra5 69. Kg2 g4
70. Rf2 Ra3 71. Rb2 Re3 72. Rf2 Kg5 73. Ra2 Kf5 74. Kf2 Re5
75. Ra8 Rc5 76. Re8 Re5 77. Ra8 Ke4 78. Ra4+ Kd3 79. Ra3+ Kc4
80. Ra4+ Kb3 81. Ra8 Rf5+ 82. Kg2 Rc5 83. Kf2 Kb4 84. Rb8+ Kc4
85. Ke3 Rf5 86. Ke4 Rf3 87. Rc8+ Kb4 88. Rh8 Rxg3 89. Rxh5 Rg1
90. Rg5 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. b4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Ba3 a5
13. Nb5 Qc6 14. bxa5 Bc5+ 15. Bxc5 Ndxc5 16. Na7 Qc7 17. axb6
Qxb6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bb5+ Nd7+ 20. Kh1 Qa7 21. Bd3 Ndc5
22. Qe3 Rc7 23. Na3 Qa5 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Nd4 O-O 26. Bb5 Ra8
27. Rf3 Qb4 28. Bc6 Ra6 29. f5 Rc8 30. Bb5 Raa8 31. c3 Qb2
32. Raf1 Qd2 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Nc6 Rc7 35. Qd4 h6 36. Qb4 Qg5
37. g3 Qd2 38. Nd4 Qg5 39. Nc6 Qd2 40. Nd4 Qg5 41. Bc6 Rac8
42. c4 Qd2 43. Qxd2 Nxd2 44. cxd5 Nxf3 45. Rxf3 exd5 46. Bxd5+
Kh7 47. Rf4 Rd7 48. Bc4 g5 49. e6 gxf4 50. exd7 Nxd7 51. Bd3+
Kh8 52. Bf5 Rc1+ 53. Kg2 Nc5 54. gxf4 Nxa4 55. Kg3 Nc5 56. Ne6
Nd7 57. Nd4 Nf6 58. Nf3 Rc3 59. h3 Kg7 60. Bb1 Rc4 61. Ne5 Rb4
62. Bg6 Nd5 63. Bf5 Nxf4 64. Ng4 Ne2+ 65. Kh4 Nd4 66. Be4 Ne6
67. Bg2 h5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Thao Nguyen Pham"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Nd6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Bb2 f5 16. Nf3 Ne4
17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bf6 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
Qf6 22. Qd2 Ne7 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Qc3 e4 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Nd4
g5 27. f4 exf3 28. Bxf3 Kg7 29. Kf2 h5 30. Ne2 Be6 31. h4 f4
32. exf4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Ng6 34. Bxh5 Nxf4 35. Nxf4 Rxf4+
36. Kg3 Rf6 37. Rd4 Kh6 38. Bf3 Rg8+ 39. Kf2 Bh3 40. Rd3 Rg2+
41. Ke3 Rg3 42. Kf2 Rg2+ 43. Ke3 Rg3 44. Ke2 d4 45. Rcd1 Rgxf3
46. Rxf3 Bg4 47. Rd3 Rxf3 48. Rxf3 d3+ 49. Ke3 d2 50. Rf1 d1=Q
51. Rxd1 Bxd1 52. Kd4 Kh5 53. Ke5 Kxh4 54. Kd6 a4 55. bxa4
Bxa4 56. Kc7 Bc6 57. a4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Ba3 b6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2
f6 13. Bd6 Qd8 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 O-O 16. f4 Rf7 17. Qe1
Rg7 18. f5 exf5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Qe3 Qg8 21. Qf4 Qf7 22. Rae1
Ng6 23. Qh6 Kg8 24. Re3 Nxh4 25. Qxh4 Kh8 26. Bh5 Qg8 27. Qxf6
Qd8 28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Re8+ Qxe8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Bf8 Re1+
32. Kf2 Re7 33. Bxg7+ Rxg7 34. Qxf5 Ne7 35. Qf8+ Ng8 36. Qd8
Rf7+ 37. Ke2 Re7+ 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. Qxd5 Nf6 40. Qxc4 h5 41. Qb5
Rd7 42. Kd3 Kf7 43. c4 Ke7 44. a5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad (Women)"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Nb3 Bxb3 9. axb3 Qd6 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Be3
Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb4+ 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rfd1 f6 16. Nf1
Kb8 17. Qg3 g6 18. Ne3 Rhf8 19. h3 Rde8 20. Qg4 Rf7 21. Re1
Qf8 22. Re2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qf3 e4 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Qh5
Qg7 27. Ra5 Ref8 28. Qe5 Qg6 29. Ra1 Rg8 30. Rd1 Nd5 31. Red2
b6 32. c4 Nxe3 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kb7 35. fxe3 Rg7
36. Rd2 Qh6 37. Rf2 Rg5 38. Qe7 Rg7 39. Qe5 Rg5 40. Qf4 Qg6
41. Kh2 a5 42. Rd2 h6 43. g4 Qg7 44. Kg3 Re5 45. Rd8 Re7
46. Qf5 Ka7 47. Rd2 Rf7 48. Qxe4 Qf6 49. Kh2 Qh4 50. Qxc6 Qe1
51. Qd5 Re7 52. c5 Qxe3 53. cxb6+ cxb6 54. Qd6 Rf7 55. Qd5
Qf4+ 56. Kg2 h5 57. Qd4 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 h4 59. Rg2 Qe1 60. g5 Rf1
61. Qd7+ Kb8 62. Qd8+ Ka7 63. Qc7+ Ka6 64. Qc8+ Ka7 65. Qc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maksim Chigaev"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. h4 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Ne2 c5 11. Ng3 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. a4 Nb8 15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nbc6
17. Ra3 Na5 18. Bc1 Qc6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Qh4 Ng8 21. Rf3 Qxc2
22. Ba3 Qxa4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ne2 Nc6 25. Qf4 Nge7 26. g4 Qc2
27. Ng3 Qb2 28. Rd3 a5 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 f6 31. exf6 Rxf6
32. Qg4 e5 33. h6 gxh6 34. Qh4 Ng8 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36. Re3 Nf3+
37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Qh5 Rf8 39. Qxd5 Qf6 40. Qd2 Qg5 41. Qb2+
Qf6 42. Qd2 a4 43. Qb4 Ra8 44. Qa3 Qf8 45. Qb2+ Qf6 46. Qa3
Ra5 47. Rd1 h5 48. Rd6 Qg7 49. Rxb6 h4 50. Rb4 hxg3 51. Rh4+
Nh6 52. Rxh6+ Qxh6 53. Qc3+ Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kg7 55. Qc7+ Kg8
56. Qc4+ Kf8 57. Qc8+ Kf7 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59. Qb6+ Kh7 60. Qc7+
Kg8 61. Qc4+ Kh8 62. Qc8+ Kg7 63. Qc7+ Kg8 64. Qc4+ Kh7
65. Qc7+ Kg6 66. Qb6+ Kh5 67. Qxa5+ Kg4 68. Qxa4+ Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Rozum"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. d3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Nd4 Bg6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc2 Bd6 14. b4 O-O 15. Na4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6
17. Bd4 Re7 18. f4 Rce8 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 g5
22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Ne3 f5 25. Ra3 Bh5 26. Rb3 Nf8
27. Be5 Rf7 28. Ra1 Rxe5 29. fxe5 Ne6 30. Rc1 Nd4 31. Rb4 Nxe2
32. Rc2 f4 33. g4 fxe3+ 34. Kxe3 d4+ 35. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 36. Ke1
Rd7 37. Rcc4 Be6 38. Rxd4 Bd5 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. Rdb4 Ke6
41. Rxb7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 Kxe5 43. Kd2 Kf4 44. Rh7 g4 45. Rxh6
Kf3 46. b4 Kg2 47. Ke3 Bf3 48. Kf4 Kf2 49. d4 Ke2 50. Rg6 Kd3
51. Rxg4 Bd5 52. Ke5 Kc4 53. h4 Kxb4 54. h5 Bf3 55. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Zakhartsov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. e5 Nd7
12. h4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Rh3 Qb4 15. Qc1 Bc5 16. Bd2 Bd4
17. f4 Qe7 18. Be1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 c5 20. Rg3 O-O 21. f5 exf5
22. Rxd5 Kh7 23. Bc3 Nb6 24. e6 f6 25. Rxf5 Na4 26. Bd3 Nxc3+
27. Ka1 c4 28. Rfg5+ cxd3 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7
31. cxd3 Nd5 32. Qc6 Ne7 33. Qd6 Rb7 34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. Qf4 Rb6
36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qf4 Rxe6 38. b3 Rg8 39. Kb2 Rxg2+ 40. Ka3 Ree2
41. Qc7 Rxa2+ 42. Kb4 Rg7 43. Qd6 f4 44. Kc4 Rc2+ 45. Kb4 f3
46. Ka3 f2 47. Qf6 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Timofey Iljin"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf3 Qb7 16. Qe2 d5
17. cxd5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Rad1 Bd7
22. Nc2 Qb6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Bxb2 25. Nd4 Rac8 26. Rf2
Ba3 27. g3 a5 28. d6 Rf6 29. g4 a4 30. Bd5 Rxd6 31. Nxf5 Bxf5
32. Rxf5 Rcd8 33. Kf2 Bc5 34. Rc1 Ba3 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Rc1 Ba3
37. Rd1 Bc5 38. Rc1 Ba3 39. Rd1 Bb2 40. Rb1 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd5
42. Rxb2 a3 43. Rb3 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 Rd3 45. Rxb5 Rxe3+ 46. Kf4
Re2 47. Ra5 Rxa2 48. Kxe4 Ra1 49. Kf4 Rh1 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bb4
7. c3 Ba5 8. Nbd2 h6 9. b4 Bc7 10. a4 Ne7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nh4
Bh7 13. f4 a5 14. Bd3 Be4 15. Ba3 f5 16. bxa5 Rf7 17. Bb4 g5
18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Qd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 g4 22. Nfd2
Qg5 23. c4 Re8 24. Rae1 Kg7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Bd6 Bd8 27. Rf2
Rh8 28. Nf1 f4 29. g3 Rh3 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Bxa5 32. Rb1
Bd8 33. Bb4 Rh8 34. Bd2 b6 35. a5 bxa5 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Bxf4
Rxf4 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. Qa6 Rxf2 40. Qxe6+ Rf6 41. exf6 Qxf6
42. Qe3+ Qg5 43. Qe6+ Qf6 44. Qe3+ Qg5 45. Qe6+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Romanov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nf5
12. Be5 Ng4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. O-O Qc7 16. f4 Nd6
17. Rf3 Rb8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. g4 Nd7 21. Ndf3 Qf6
22. Ng5 Qxf4 23. Qh4 h5 24. Rf1 Qd2 25. gxh5 f6 26. Nxe6 g5
27. Qg3 Nxe5 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Nxf8 Bxh3 30. Qxh3 g4 31. Qg3
Rxf8 32. dxe5 Kxh7 33. exd6 Qxb2 34. d7 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Qe6
36. Qc7 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Rf2
Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+
45. Ke2 Qxa2+ 46. Ke3 d4+ 47. cxd4 Qa3+ 48. Kf4 Kh6 49. d8=Q
Rxd8 50. Qxd8 Qc1+ 51. Kxg4 Qg1+ 52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53. Re2 Qd3+
54. Kf2 Qf5+ 55. Ke3 Qe6+ 56. Kf4 Qxe2 57. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Rapid"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Na6
7. Nh4 Bg6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Bc5 13. h3 O-O 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Bg5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Re8 17. Kf1 Bb4 18. f3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Be3 Na4 21. c4
Nb2 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Rc2 Na4 24. Ke2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Kf2
Ndc5 27. Bf1 Kf7 28. Rd2 a6 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rh8 31. Kg3
Re8 32. Bf2 g5 33. Rd6 Ne6 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Rh2 Rd1
37. Be2 Re1 38. Bd2 Rg1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rh7+ Kd6 41. Rxb7
Rxa2 42. Ke1 Nd4 43. Rf7 Nc5 44. Bxg5 Rxe2+ 45. Kf1 Nd3
46. Bh4 Kc5 47. Bg3 Rb2 48. g5 Ne2 49. Bc7 Kd4 50. g6 Ke3
51. g7 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 Rg6 54. Kh3 Ndf4+ 55. Kh4
Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bc5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O c6 10. h3 Nd7 11. g4 Qh4
12. Be3 f5 13. gxf5 Rxf5 14. Qd2 Rf8 15. Bg5 Qh5 16. Ng3 Qg6
17. Rae1 h6 18. Be7 Re8 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. Kh2 e4 21. f4 Bc7
22. c4 Qf7 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxh3 25. Kxh3 Rxe4 26. Rxe4
Qf5+ 27. Kg3 Qxe4 28. Qd3 Qxd3+ 29. cxd3 Rd8 30. Kf3 Rxd4
31. Ke3 Rd7 32. d4 Bb6 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Ke4 Re8+ 35. Kf3 Rd8
36. d5 cxd5 37. cxd5 Kf7 38. Rd3 Rc8 39. f5 Rc2 40. d6 Rf2+
41. Ke4 Rxa2 42. d7 Bd8 43. Bd6 h5 44. Be5 h4 45. Bd4 Ra6
46. Be5 Rh6 47. Bf4 Rc6 48. Be5 a5 49. Rb3 b6 50. Rd3 Rh6
51. Bf4 Rc6 52. Be5 a4 53. Rd1 Rc4+ 54. Kd5 Rc5+ 55. Ke4 g6
56. fxg6+ Kxg6 57. Rf1 a3 58. Rf8 a2 59. Bh8 h3 60. Rxd8 h2
61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. d8=Q h1=Q+ 63. Ke3 Qe1+ 64. Kd3 Qd1+ 65. Ke3
Qb3+ 66. Kf4 Qf7+ 67. Ke3 Qe6+ 68. Kf4 Rf5+ 69. Kg3 Qxg8+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. O-O Bd6 16. h5 Bxe5
17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rd4 Qb6 21. Rad1
Qxb2 22. Qf3 gxh5 23. Ne4 Qa3 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 f5
26. Qxh5 Qxd6 27. c4 Nf6 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daria Voit"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5
7. e3 Qb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. O-O d4 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Qe2 Nd7
12. Na3 e5 13. Nc2 a5 14. Nfxd4 exd4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxe7 c5
17. Rae1 Ra7 18. Ba3 Rc7 19. f3 Bb7 20. Bc1 Nf6 21. Qe5 h6
22. Bf4 Rc6 23. Qe2 Nh5 24. Bd2 Rg6 25. Qe7 Nxg3 26. hxg3
Rxg3+ 27. Kh2 Qg6 28. Re2 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Rg2 Qh5+
31. Kg1 Rxd3 32. Ne1 Rh3 33. Bxa5 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Qf5+ 35. Nf3
Ra8 36. Bd2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be4 Bd6 9. d4 e5 10. c5 Be7 11. Nf3 exd4
12. O-O Bxc5 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Re1 O-O 15. cxd4 Bb4 16. Re3 h6
17. Bh4 Bg4 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. d5 f5 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qxb4 fxe4
22. Ne5 Qxd5 23. Nxg4 h5 24. Ne5 h4 25. Ng6 Nc6 26. Qxb7 Qd4
27. Qb3+ Rf7 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. Nxh4 Nd4 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Rde1 g5
32. Rxe4 gxh4 33. Bxh4 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Qxf3 35. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ba5 11. O-O Nce4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Rc4
Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc3 Bd7
21. Bc4 g6 22. h3 Kf8 23. Qa3+ Ke8 24. b4 Qd6 25. Qxa7 Qxb4
26. Qb8+ Ke7 27. Qe5+ Kf8 28. Qxf6 Qxc4 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qe5+
Kd8 31. Qxe4 Kc8 32. Qb1 h5 33. Qb2 Kb8 34. Qa3 Ba4 35. Qd6+
Kc8 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37. a3 Bd7 38. h4 Qd5 39. Qe7 Kc8 40. Nf3 Bc6
41. Kh2 Kb8 42. Qe5+ Ka7 43. Qxd5 Bxd5 44. Ne5 Kb6 45. Nd3 Be4
46. Nb2 Kc5 47. f3 Bc2 48. Kg3 f6 49. Kf2 g5 50. g3 g4
51. fxg4 hxg4 52. Ke2 Bf5 53. h5 Kd5 54. Nd3 Kc4 55. Nf2 Kb3
56. e4 Bh7 57. Nxg4 Bxe4 58. Nxf6 Bb1 59. g4 Kxa3 60. g5 b5
61. g6 b4 62. g7 Ba2 63. h6 Bc4+ 64. Kd2 b3 65. h7 b2 66. h8=Q
b1=Q 67. Qa8+ Kb2 68. Qb8+ Ka1 69. Qxb1+ Kxb1 70. Kc3 Bf7
71. Kd4 Kc2 72. Ke5 Kd3 73. Ng4 Bg8 74. Nh6 Bh7 75. Nf7 Ke3
76. Ng5 Bg8 77. Ne4 Kf3 78. Nf6 Bf7 79. Kf5 Ke3 80. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Olga Girya"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O
12. Rad1 Re8 13. Qe2 a6 14. f4 b5 15. Be1 b4 16. Na4 Qa5
17. b3 Ne7 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Nc5 Reb8
22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 a5
27. Rf2 h6 28. Rfa2 Nc6 29. Qf2 Rd5 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Qc2 Nf5
32. Qxe4 Nxd4 33. exd4 Rbxd4 34. Qc2 Rd2 35. Qxd2 Rxd2
36. Rxd2 Qb4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Nd7 h5 39. f5 exf5 40. Rc6 f6
41. Nxf6+ gxf6 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+
Kh6 46. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alisa Galliamova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. e3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nb1 b3 13. Qxc4 Bd5 14. Qc1 Nc6 15. Bb5 Qd7 16. a5 Rb8
17. Ba4 Kf8 18. Nbd2 Bb4 19. O-O Qd6 20. e4 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Nxd4
22. Re1 Bc6 23. e5 fxe5 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Qh6+ Ke8
27. Qg7 Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Qg7 Ke7 31. Qg5+ Kf8
32. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4
6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 e6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O-O Rd8
11. Qe2 O-O 12. h4 d5 13. e5 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Ng5 Bc5
16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. f4 h5 19. Be1 a6 20. Nc3 Kg7 21. g4
Rh8 22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. Ne2 Rdh8 24. Ng3 R5h6 25. Nf3 Ne7
26. Rh2 Kf8 27. Kb1 b5 28. Bd2 Nf5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Be3 Qb6
31. Bxc5+ Qxc5 32. Qd2 b4 33. Rg2 Nb6 34. b3 a5 35. Kb2 R6h7
36. Rdg1 Nc8 37. Rc1 Ne7 38. c3 Ke8 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Rc3 Kd7
41. Qf2 Nc6 42. a3 Qb5 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Qxd4 Rb8 45. Rgc2 Rb7
46. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Ubiennykh"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bc2 b6
12. f3 c5 13. Rf2 Bd6 14. Nce2 Re8 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. b4 c4
17. g4 Nd7 18. Rg2 Ne6 19. Qe1 Bxf4 20. exf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 c3 23. Bxc3 Qc7 24. Bb2 Nf8 25. f5 Bc8 26. Re8
Bb7 27. Re3 Rc8 28. Bd3 Qf4 29. Rge2 h5 30. gxh5 Nh7 31. Re7
Ng5 32. Rxb7 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qh4 34. Ne6 fxe6 35. Rxg7+ Kf8
36. Rg4 Nf4+ 37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38. fxe6 Ke7 39. Be5 Qg5+ 40. Bg3
Rc3 41. Bg6 d4 42. f4 Qg4 43. Rf2 d3 44. f5 Rc2 45. f6+ Kxe6
46. Bxd3 Rxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Qxh5 48. Ke3 Qh6+ 49. Kd4 Qxf6+
50. Kc4 Qb2 51. Be1 b5+ 52. Kxb5 Qe5+ 53. Ka6 Qxe1 54. Bc4+
Kd6 55. Ka5 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.26"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Evgenija Ovod"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. Ne2 Qa4 13. O-O Ne7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Re1 Kd7
17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Re3 Na5 19. Rf3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Kc8 21. Bg5 Rg7
22. Ne2 Kb7 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. Nh3 c5 25. Qb1 Rc7 26. Qb3 Qe8
27. a4 Na5 28. Qb5 Qc8 29. Bh6 Rh7 30. Bd2 Ka8 31. Be1 Nb8
32. Ng5 Rg7 33. Rf6 Qb7 34. Bd2 Nc4 35. Bf4 cxd4 36. cxd4 Nc6
37. Rd1 a6 38. Qb3 Rg8 39. Bc1 Rd8 40. Rd3 Ka7 41. c3 Rdd7
42. Rdf3 Nd8 43. Nh7 Rc8 44. Qd1 b5 45. Ng5 Rcc7 46. Kh2 Qc6
47. a5 Rb7 48. Nh7 Qc7 49. Bh6 b4 50. cxb4 Rxb4 51. Bf8 Rb5
52. Qc1 Qxa5 53. Ng5 Rbb7 54. Qf4 Qe1 55. Bc5+ Ka8 56. Rd3 Qe2
57. Rc3 a5 58. Rc1 Qb2 59. Ne4 a4 60. Nd6 a3 61. Rxc4 dxc4
62. Nxc4 Qb3 63. Nxa3 Nc6 64. Qc1 Qa4 65. Nc4 Nxd4 66. Nb6+
Rxb6 67. Bxb6 Nc6 68. Rf4 Qb5 69. Bc5 Nxe5 70. Qa1+ Kb7
71. Qxe5 Kc6 72. Qc3 Qxc5 73. Rc4 Qxc4 74. Qxc4+ Kd6 75. Qb4+
Ke5 76. Qb2+ Kf5 77. f3 e5 78. Qc1 Rd6 79. g4+ hxg4 80. Qg5+
Ke6 81. fxg4 Ra6 82. h5 Ra2+ 83. Kg1 Ra1+ 84. Kf2 Ra2+ 85. Ke1
Rh2 86. hxg6 fxg6 87. Qxg6+ Kd5 88. Qd3+ Ke6 89. Qf5+ Kd5
90. g5 Kd4 91. Qg4+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Women)"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daria Charochkina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. h3 Nc6
7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Nbd2 d6
12. Bh2 Bf8 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Qf1 Ne7 15. a4 Ng6 16. Bc2 Qd7
17. Qd3 b5 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. h4 Rac8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Nde4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf8 24. h5 h6 25. Re2 Qd5 26. Rae1 Ba6
27. g4 Qc6 28. b4 Bb7 29. Rg2 f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Ng3 Bh4
32. Rf1 Bxg3 33. Bxg3 Qxc3 34. Bxd6 Ne6 35. Be5 Ng5 36. Qxf5
Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Rxe5 38. Qxe5 Nxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Qxe5+ 40. dxe5 Bxf3
41. Bb3+ Kh8 42. Rd2 Bxh5 43. e6 g5 44. Rd7 Re8 45. Kg3 Be2
46. Bd5 h5 47. Rf7 Bd3 48. Rc7 Bc4 49. Bxc4 bxc4 50. e7 c3
51. b5 c2 52. Rxc2 Rxe7 53. Kf3 g4+ 54. Kf4 Rg7 55. b6 Rf7+
56. Kg5 g3 57. Kxh5 Rb7 58. Rc8+ Kg7 59. Rc7+ Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.19"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Almira Skripchenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Qe4 Nf6
12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sarasadat Khademalsharieh"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Nf1 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. b4 cxb4
17. Rxb4 Rc8 18. a4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxb5 Nc4 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Qb3 h6 25. Rf1 Ndb6 26. Ng4
Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Nxh6+ Kf8 29. Rf5 gxh6 30. Qc3 Re4
31. Bxh6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Rxf7+ Ke6 34. Qh7 Kd5 35. Rc1
Qe8 36. Qf5+ Qe5 37. Qf3 Kc6 38. Bf4 Qd5 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Rd1
Rd4 41. Qf6+ Kc5 42. Qe7+ Qd6 43. Rxd4 Kxd4 44. Qg5 Re8
45. Qg7+ Kd5 46. f4 Nd2 47. Rf5+ Kc6 48. Qa1 Nb3 49. Qc3+ Nc5
50. Rf6 Re6 51. Rxe6 Qxe6 52. Qe5 Qf7 53. f5 Nc4 54. Qg3 Qd5
55. f6 Ne4 56. Qb8 Qd4+ 57. Kh1 Nxf6 58. Qc8+ Kd5 59. Qd8+ Nd6
60. g4 Qf2 61. Qa8+ Ke6 62. Qg2 Qe1+ 63. Qg1 Qc3 64. g5 Qxh3+
65. Qh2 Qf3+ 66. Qg2 Qh5+ 67. Kg1 Ng4 68. Qa2+ Kf5 69. Qd5+
Ne5 70. Qxd6 Qg4+ 71. Kf1 Qf4+ 72. Ke2 Qf3+ 73. Ke1 Qc3+
74. Kd1 Ke4 75. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nino Batsiashvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6
7. h3 Ne4 8. e3 Qa5 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. a3 Be7 12. b4
Qd8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nc3 Bg6 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O b5 17. e4
Nb6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qe3 Be4 21. Rfe1 Bf6
22. Be5 Bxg2 23. Rac1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rfe8 25. Bg4 f6 26. e6 f5
27. Rc5 Qd6 28. Kxg2 fxg4 29. hxg4 a5 30. Qe4 axb4 31. Rxc6
Qd2 32. axb4 Ra7 33. Re2 Qd1 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Rc2 Qd6 36. Qc6
Qxc6+ 37. Rxc6 Rb7 38. f4 Kf8 39. f5 h6 40. Kf3 Rd8 41. Ke4
Ke7 42. Ke5 Ra8 43. Rec1 Kd8 44. Kd6 Rab8 45. e7+ Ke8 46. Rc8+
1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ba7 10. Na3 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. b4
Nb8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. d4 Re8 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ne3
Qf8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. Re2 g5 22. Bg3
Nh5 23. Red2 Qe8 24. c4 a5 25. bxa5 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Kg7 27. Rb1
Nc5 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Rd5 c6 31. Rdd1 Rd7 32. g4
Qd8 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. g3 f6 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Qc1 Rh8 37. Qh1 h5
38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. Qd1 Bb8 41. gxh5 Qc8 42. h6 g4
43. Nxe5+ fxe5 44. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. c3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. Ne4 Be7 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qb6 10. Qa3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Nxg5
12. Nxg5 d5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Rd4 Rc8 16. Nf3 Nc6
17. Rd2 Na5 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Qb4 Rc5 20. Qd4 Bxe2 21. b4 Rc8
22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxe2 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Kb2 b5 26. Ra1
Kd7 27. a4 Ra8 28. a5 Ra6 29. Rd1 Rac6 30. Rd3 Kc7 31. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 c6
12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Bh4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Rae1 b6 16. Bd6 f5
17. Rd1 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rf2 Rd8 20. c3 c5 21. Rfd2 Bb7
22. Ne2 Rd7 23. h3 Qe6 24. Kh2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Qc6 26. Qf2 Kg7
27. b4 Kg8 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ng1 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Nf3 d3
32. Ng5 Ba6 33. Qh4 Re8 34. Qh6 Ree7 35. Qh4 Qc7 36. Qg3 Rd8
37. Nf3 Qc4 38. h4 Bb5 39. h5 Kg7 40. Qh4 Kf8 41. hxg6 hxg6
42. Rxd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Qg8 44. Rd8+ Re8 45. Rd6 Bc4 46. Ng5
Re7 47. Rd8+ Re8 48. Nh7+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olga Girya"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Nc6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. Qe3 Qb4+ 10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 O-O
12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 a5 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qc3 Be8
17. Re1 Qd6 18. e3 f6 19. Rec1 Bf7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qc5 Qd7
22. b4 Rdc8 23. Ne1 Ne7 24. Nd3 b6 25. Qc3 Ra7 26. Nf4 axb4
27. Qxb4 Rca8 28. Bh3 Qe8 29. Rc3 Nc6 30. Qb1 Na5 31. Bg2 Rd8
32. e4 dxe4 33. Bxe4 g6 34. d5 Qe5 35. Rc1 Nb3 36. Qxb3 Qxe4
37. Re1 Bxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Qb4 Qc5 40. Qf4 c6 41. Qxf6 Rf8
42. Qb2 Raf7 43. Re2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Qh5 Be7 10. Nxf7 Bxf7 11. Qxc5
Qd6 12. Qg5 Kf8 13. Qg3 h5 14. d3 h4 15. Qh3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Qd7
17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. h3 Rh5 19. Ne4 c5 20. b3 Bd5 21. Bb2 Bc6
22. Re2 b5 23. Nd2 Rg5 24. f3 Rf5 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Bd5
27. Ba3 Kf7 28. Rae1 Bd6 29. Ne4 Bc6 30. a5 Be7 31. Nd2 Bf6
32. Rb1 Bb5 33. Bb2 Bg5 34. Nc4 Bxc4 35. dxc4 Bf4 36. Bc3 g5
37. Kf1 Bg3 38. Re4 Re7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Ke2 Rf8 41. Rd1 c6
42. Rb1 Kd7 43. Rb7+ Kc8 44. Ra7 Re8+ 45. Kf1 Re6 46. Rxa6 Bc7
47. Ra8+ Kb7 48. Rf8 Bf4 49. Rd8 Ka6 50. Rd1 Re7 51. Rb1 Re6
52. Be1 Be3 53. Rb8 Rd6 54. Ra8+ Kb7 55. Re8 Bf4 56. Ke2 Rd7
57. Re6 Rd4 58. Re4 Rd6 59. Bxh4 Rd2+ 60. Kf1 Rxc2 61. Be1 Bc1
62. Re7+ Ka6 63. Rc7 Rxc4 64. Rxc6+ Kb7 65. Rb6+ Ka8 66. g3
Rc2 67. a6 Ka7 68. Rc6 Be3 69. h4 gxh4 70. gxh4 Bd4 71. f4 c4
72. f5 c3 73. f6 Rc1 74. f7 Bg7 75. Ke2 c2 76. Bf2+ Kb8
77. a7+ Kb7 78. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 Qb4+ 13. Kd1 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Qe4+ Ne7 16. d4 f5
17. Qe6 f4 18. Bd2 Qxd4 19. Rb1 f3 20. g4 Rd8 21. Bb5+ Kf8
22. Bd3 Rd6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Rf1
Ke8 27. Rxf3 Rf8 28. Rf4 Bd6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ke2 g6 31. a4
Kf7 32. Bc3 Nc6 33. Bc4+ Ke7 34. Bd5 Nd8 35. g5 Ne6 36. Bf6+
Kd7 37. Kf3 c6 38. Bc4 Be7 39. h4 Bb4 40. Kg4 Bd2 41. e4 Nc5
42. e5 Ne6 43. h5 Bc1 44. h6 Bd2 45. Bd3 Nf4 46. Be4 Ke6
47. c4 Kf7 48. Bb1 Ne6 49. Bc2 Bc3 50. Bb3 Nc5 51. Bc2 Ne6
52. Bb3 Nc5 53. Bc2 Ne6 54. Bb1 Bd2 55. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qe7
12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a5 Rfc8 15. Nc2 c5 16. a6 Bc6
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qe1 Rab8 20. bxc5 Ndxc5 21. Nfd4
Ba8 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Ra3 Qf6 24. Rca1 Rb6 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. Rf3
Qg6 27. Rc3 Nde4 28. Rca3 Reb8 29. e3 h5 30. f3 Ng5 31. Rc3
Nxa6 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Be2 Ne6 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rca3 Nb4
36. Nxb4 Rxb4 37. Rxa7 Bc6 38. Rc1 Rc4 39. Kg1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.01"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7
12. O-O-O c5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nbd7 15. Nb3 O-O 16. g4 Qc7
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rhg1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 Rd5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Re5 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Nxh5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nb5
Rf5 27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Nd6 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxf2 30. Nxc8 f5 31. Kb1
Ng3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rgd1 f4 34. R8d7 f3 35. Nd6 Qe2 36. Rg1
Qg2 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6.33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sander Kukk"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 e5
7. Nf3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Bd3 d5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O c5
12. Nf3 d4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qg5 c4 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Rxd4 Qxa2 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Rxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Rad8 21. Nc3
Qa1+ 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. Qf4 Nb4 24. Na3 Nd5 25. Qh4 b5 26. Kb1 h6
27. e6 Nf6 28. c3 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Qh3 Re8
32. f4 a6 33. Qe3 Qd6 34. g3 e5 35. fxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5
37. Nac2 Ng4 38. h3 Nf2 39. Nb4 Nxh3 40. Nxa6 h5 41. Nc5 g5
42. Nd3 Re8 43. Nxb5 Re3 44. Kc2 Rxg3 45. c4 Nf4 46. Nxf4 gxf4
47. c5 Rg6 48. Nd4 Kf7 49. Kd3 h4 50. Nf3 h3 51. b4 Rg2 52. b5
h2 53. Nxh2 Rxh2 54. b6 Ke7 55. Kd4 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[Round "11.32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Markus Orndahl"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1
Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 e5 9. d3 d6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 f5 12. Bb2
f4 13. Nh2 Nf7 14. Na4 Ng5 15. f3 h5 16. c3 Rb8 17. Rb1 Kh7
18. d4 Be6 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Rc1 e4 22. h4 Nf7
23. fxe4 Bd7 24. Re2 Qxh4 25. Nf3 Qg3 26. c4 Bxa4 27. Bxg7
Bxb3 28. Qd2 Kxg7 29. Qxa5 Ne5 30. Rc3 Bxc4 31. Nd2 f3 32. Rf2
Ng4 33. Rcxf3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "7.30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Timerkhanov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f4 Be7
7. Ngf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a4 f6
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. a5 c5 15. c3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bd3
17. Qb3 Qc6 18. Qa3 Rab8 19. Nb3 e5 20. dxc5 exf4 21. exf4
bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rfd8 23. b4 f5 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Qf7 a6 26. Re3
Rf8 27. Qd7 Qf6 28. Nxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rbc8 30. Rae1 h6 31. c4
Qb2 32. Qc3 Qa2 33. c5 Rfd8 34. Re7 Qg8 35. c6 Rf8 36. c7 Kh7
37. Rd7 Rf7 38. Ree7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Qf8 40. Rd7 Qg8 41. h3 Re8
42. Kh2 h5 43. Qd4 Kh6 44. Rd6+ g6 45. Rd8 Qe6 46. Qh8+ Rxh8
47. Rxh8+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Timerkhanov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. Qe2 e5
7. O-O b5 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. d4 Qc7 10. d5 Be7 11. a4 c4 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Na3 Qa5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. g3 Nc5 17. Nh4
Rc8 18. f4 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. g4 Qc7 22. Kh1 Bb7
23. Ng3 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxb5 Qd7 27. Nd4
g6 28. Qf4 Bg7 29. Nf3 Re7 30. Nd2 Be5 31. Qg5 f6 32. Qh4 Qb5
33. g5 Qxb2 34. gxf6 Rf7 35. Nxc4 Qxc2 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Nf5
Qxe4+ 38. Qxe4 Nxe4 39. Nh6+ Kf8 40. Nxf7 Kxf7 41. c4 Nd2
42. Ra1 Nxc4 43. Ra7 Nd6 44. Kg2 Kxf6 45. Ra5 e4 46. Kf2 Ke5
47. Ke2 Bxd5 48. Ra7 h5 49. Rg7 Bf7 50. Rh7 Kf5 51. Ke3 g5
52. Rh8 Nc4+ 53. Kd4 e3 54. Kd3 Kf4 55. Rf8 Ne5+ 56. Ke2 Ke4
0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "15.31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Lovkov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3
Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. f4 Nd7
18. Nc4 Qc7 19. g4 Ng3 20. Re1 f5 21. Kh2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4
23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Rd1 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kg3 h5 27. Bh3 Nf6
28. Rxa6 Red8 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Bc3 h4+ 32. Kh2 Bh6
33. e3 Nh5 34. Qxe4 Rb7 35. Na5 Ng3 36. Qf3 Rdb8 37. Nxb7 Rxb7
38. Rda1 Bg7 39. Kh3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Qg7 41. Qg4 Qxc3 42. Qxh4+
Nh5 43. Qf2 Rb2 44. Qf3 Qd2 45. Ra7+ Kh6 46. Rh1 Rb3 47. Kg4
Rxe3 48. Qf1 Rg3+ 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Bg4 Qf6# 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "16.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Roman Lovkov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 a5
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Kb1 Bb4 14. c3 Be7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Nf6 17. Qe2 a4 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. f3 b5 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. g4 c5
22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rhe1 Rb7 24. f4 a3 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 axb2
27. Bxb2 Nd5 28. Nxf7 b4 29. Qxe6 bxc3 30. Nd6+ Qxd6 31. Qxd6
Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rd2 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. Qb7+ Kd6 35. Qa6+ Kd7
36. Qe6+ Kc7 37. Rxd2 cxd2 38. Rd1 Bxg5 39. Qe5+ Kc6 40. Qxg5
1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "17.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. g3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nbc3 e5 6. Nd5 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. d3 Qd7 11. O-O Bd8 12. g4
Bg6 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bb6 15. g5 Ng8 16. h4 h5 17. Bh3 Qd8
18. Nc4 Nge7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Bf4 Bc7 22. Ne3 O-O
23. c4 a6 24. Qd2 b5 25. Rf3 Rb8 26. Raf1 Bh7 27. Bg3 Ng6
28. b3 Qe8 29. Nf5 Ne5 30. Re3 f6 31. d4 cxd4 32. Nxd4 bxc4
33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Kh1 Kh8 35. Ne6 Rf7 36. Nxc7 Rxc7 37. Qf2
Qg6 38. Qxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rxf6 c3 40. Rxd6 Nf7 41. Rc6 Rxc6
42. dxc6 c2 43. Rc3 Be4+ 44. Bg2 Rg8 45. Bxe4 Rxg3 46. Rxc2
Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rxh4 48. c7 Nd6 49. Bf3 Nc8 50. Bb7 Nd6 51. c8=Q+
Nxc8 52. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "18.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nh6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 e6 8. g4 Ng8 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Bg2 c5 11. c3 Ne7 12. h4
Qb6 13. h5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Qf4 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 h6 17. hxg6
fxg6 18. Qe3 g5 19. Qd3 O-O-O 20. a3 Qe7 21. Be3 Kb8 22. Ng3
Rhf8 23. Kg1 Nb6 24. b3 Rf7 25. Ra2 Rc8 26. Nh5 Bf8 27. Bf1
Na5 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Be2 a6 30. Kg2 Na7 31. Ba5 Nd7 32. Bb4 Qd8
33. Bxf8 Qxf8 34. Rf1 Nb5 35. a4 Na7 36. Qg6 Qe7 37. Rd2 Nc6
38. Qd3 Qb4 39. Rfd1 Rcf8 40. f3 Ka8 41. Qe3 Ndb8 42. Nf6 Nd7
43. Nxd7 Rxd7 44. Rh1 Rh8 45. Rdd1 Rf7 46. Rh3 Rf4 47. Rdh1
Nxd4 48. Rxh6 Rc8 49. Rh8 Rxh8 50. Rxh8+ Ka7 51. Bd1 Qb6
52. Rg8 Rf7 53. Rxg5 Rc7 54. a5 Qc5 55. Rg8 Qb4 56. Rd8 Rc3
57. Qh6 Qxa5 58. Qf8 Nc6 59. Ra8+ Kb6 60. Qf4 Rd3 61. Be2 Rxb3
62. Qg3 Qd2 63. Qf2+ d4 64. Bf1 Qc3 65. Kh3 Rb2 66. Qg3 Qe3
67. g5 Rb1 68. Qg2 Nxe5 69. Rf8 Ng6 70. Rf6 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "21.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2
Nxd2 12. Bxd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nb8 15. Qc7 Bd8 16. Qxb6
Bxb6 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Bc5 Nc6 19. b4 Rec8 20. a4 Bxc5 21. bxc5
b6 22. h4 h6 23. Red1 Kh7 24. g4 bxc5 25. dxc5 Rab8 26. Rb1
Rb4 27. Rxb4 Nxb4 28. Rc1 a5 29. Rc3 Nc6 30. Rb3 Nb4 31. Rc3
Kg8 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. h5 Ke8 34. Kg3 Kd7 35. Nd4 Nc6 36. Nxc6
Rxc6 37. f4 Rc7 38. g5 Kc6 39. Rb3 d4 40. Kf3 Kd5 41. gxh6
gxh6 42. Rb8 Rxc5 43. Rd8+ Kc4 44. Ke4 Rd5 45. Rc8+ Kb4
46. Kd3 Kxa4 47. Rh8 Kb4 48. Rxh6 a4 49. Rh8 a3 50. Rb8+ Rb5
51. Rxb5+ Kxb5 52. h6 a2 53. h7 a1=Q 54. h8=Q Qc3+ 55. Ke2
Qe3+ 56. Kd1 Kc4 57. Qc8+ Kb4 58. Qb7+ Kc3 59. Qc7+ Kb2
60. Qxf7 Qf3+ 61. Ke1 Kc3 62. Qxe6 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qxf4+ 64. Kg2
d3 65. Qc6+ Kd4 66. Qa4+ Ke3 67. Qxf4+ Kxf4 68. e6 d2 69. e7
d1=Q 70. e8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championships"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.17"]
[Round "22.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Re1 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4
O-O-O 13. c3 Rdg8 14. d4 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Be3 cxd4
17. cxd4 Kb8 18. a3 Qd8 19. b4 Qf8 20. Rc1 Qh6 21. Qa4 Rc8
22. N3h2 Qh5 23. Qd1 Qh7 24. Rc3 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ng4 Bg7
27. b5 Na5 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bxg5 Qf5 30. Bf4+ Ka8 31. Ne5
Nf6 32. Ne3 Qh7 33. Nf7 Bf8 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Rh8 36. Be5
Rf8 37. Qc2 Qf7 38. Rc1 Ne4 39. Bf4 Rh8 40. Qc7 Qh5 41. g4 Qh4
42. Bg3 Qf6 43. Qe5 Rg8 44. Qxf6 Nxf6 45. f3 Nb3 46. Rd1 a6
47. a4 Ka7 48. Bf1 Rc8 49. g5 Nh5 50. Be5 Rc3 51. Kf2 Nc1
52. f4 Na2 53. Be2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Meri Arabidze"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6
7. Bg5 Bb6 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 Ne7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. d4 Ng6
12. Nc2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne3 Be4 15. a5 Ba7 16. Ng4 exd4
17. Nxd4 d5 18. Ba2 c5 19. Ne2 c4 20. Bb1 f5 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Ne3 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nd3 25. Nxc4 Qxd4 26. Qb3
Kh8 27. Ne3 f4 28. Nc2 Qg7 29. Nb4 Rg8 30. g3 Ne5 31. Kg2 e3
32. fxe3 fxg3 33. h3 Rad8 34. Rad1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Ng6 36. Nc2
Nh4+ 37. Kg1 g2 38. Rf4 Ng6 39. Rg4 Qxb2 40. Rxg2 Qe5 41. Qd4
Re8 42. Rg5 Qxd4 43. exd4 Re2 44. Rc5 Kg7 45. Kf1 Rh2 46. Ne3
Rxh3 47. Kf2 Rh2+ 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Rxh7 Rxa5
51. Rxb7 Rb5 52. Ra7 a5 53. Ke4 Ne7 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Nc4 Nf5
56. Ne5+ Ke7 57. Kxf5 Rd5 58. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Rd1 d4 15. Nc3 Ke7 16. Nd5+
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bh6 18. Be4 Rc5 19. b4 Rc4 20. b5 Ke6 21. a4 f5
22. Bd3 Rc5 23. f3 Be3+ 24. Kh1 h5 25. a5 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4
27. Bxe4 Rxb5 28. Bd3 Rg5 29. Bc4+ Ke7 30. Rab1 h4 31. g4 Rxg4
32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. Bxf7 h3 34. Rb3 Kc5 35. Bd5 Rg5 36. Be6 Rh6
37. Bd7 Rg2 38. Bxh3 Rxe2 39. Bg2 Ra2 40. Rdb1 Rxa5 41. Rb7
Rb6 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Rxb6+ axb6 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Bf1 Ra1
46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kh3 Rb2 48. Bc4 Kf5 49. Bd3+ Kg5 50. Rg6+ Kh5
51. Rg2 Rb3 52. Be2+ Kh6 53. Rg3 b5 54. Kg4 b4 55. Kf5 Rc3
56. Kf6 Rc6+ 57. Ke5 b3 58. Rh3+ Kg7 59. Bd3 Rc3 60. Be4 Bf4+
0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nino Batsiashvili"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 a6 8. a4 Be6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Qe8 12. Nf1
Nh5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Be3 Qg6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Na5 17. d4
Nc4 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qa2 Bf6 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Nf5 b6 24. Qd7 Qe8 25. Qxc7 Qxb5 26. e5 dxe5
27. dxe5 Rg8 28. N5d4 Qc5 29. Qf7 Qe7 30. Qa2 Bg5 31. h4 Bxh4
32. Nf5 Qf8 33. N5xh4 g5 34. Qb1+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kh8 36. e6 g4
37. Ne5 g3 38. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5
Ng8 7. Qh5 Bd6 8. e5 g6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Qc4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6
12. Qxd4 Ne7 13. b3 Nf5 14. Qf4 O-O 15. O-O d6 16. exd6 Qxd6
17. Qxd6 Nxd6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. d3
Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. a4 Rd6 24. Rfe1 Rc6 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. Kf1
Kf8 27. Re3 Rd5 28. Ke2 b5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Kd2 Rh5 31. h3
Rg5 32. g4 Ra5 33. Re4 g5 34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. bxc4 b6 36. Rb1 h6
37. Rb5 Ra6 38. c5 bxc5 39. Rxc5 c6 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. f4 f6
42. h4 gxh4 43. Rh5 Ra2 44. c4 Rh2 45. Rxh6 Kf7 46. Kd4 Kg7
47. g5 fxg5 48. fxg5 Rg2 49. Rxh4 Rxg5 50. Rf4 c5+ 51. Ke4 Kg6
52. d4 cxd4 53. Kxd4 Ra5 54. Rf1 Ra4 55. Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Qd2 b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. f3 Nd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qh6 f5
12. Nh3 Qc7 13. Bc4 O-O-O 14. Qh5 Rdf8 15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 Bb4
17. Qe2 a6 18. Nb1 Bd6 19. Rhf1 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd2 Kb8
22. Kb1 Rc8 23. c3 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Rhd8 25. g3 Qc4 26. Qf2 Qe4+
27. Ka1 h6 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Re2 Qd5 30. Rd2 Qc4 31. Rfd1 Rxd2
32. Rxd2 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Qe1 Bb6 35. Nf2 Qd5 36. Nd4
Bxd4 37. cxd4 Qxd4 38. a3 Qc4 39. Kb1 Bd5 40. Qe5+ Kb7 41. Qe3
a5 42. h3 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. b3 Qxb3+ 45. Qxb3 Bxb3 46. Nd3
Kb6 47. Ne5 f6 48. Nd7+ Kc6 49. Nxf6 Bd1 50. g4 Kd6 51. Kc1
Bf3 52. Kb2 Bg2 53. h4 fxg4 54. Nxg4 h5 55. Ne3 Bf3 56. Kb3
Kc5 57. f5 e5 58. f6 Kd6 59. Nc4+ Ke6 60. f7 Bd1+ 61. Kxb4
Kxf7 62. Nxe5+ Kf6 63. Nc4 Be2 64. Kc3 Kf5 65. Nd6+ Kg4
66. Ne8 Kxh4 67. Nf6 Kg5 68. Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e6 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O h6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rad1 b6 11. Bg3 Bb7
12. a3 b5 13. c4 b4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Be4 Bc5 16. Rd3 a5
17. Rfd1 a4 18. Qd2 Bc8 19. c3 b3 20. Nd4 O-O 21. Bf4 Rb8
22. Nb5 Rxb5 23. cxb5 Ne7 24. Rg3 Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6
d5 27. Be3 Bd7 28. Kh1 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Kh7 30. Rg4 Bxb5 31. Rb4
Bc6 32. f3 Rf5 33. f4 Rf8 34. Kg1 Qf7 35. Qd3+ Kh8 36. Rf1 Qh5
37. h3 Qf7 38. Rb6 Qc7 39. Qd4 Bd7 40. Qb4 Re8 41. Kh2 Qc4
42. Qxc4 dxc4 43. Rd1 a3 44. bxa3 Ba4 45. Rd4 Rc8 46. Rb4 Be8
47. Rdxc4 Rd8 48. Rd4 Ra8 49. Rxb3 Bg6 50. Rd6 Bf5 51. c4 Rc8
52. Rc3 Rc5 53. g4 Be4 54. Rxe6 Kh7 55. Kg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6
7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Nd2 c5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nf3 Rfd8
17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Rfc1 Bd6 20. h3 f5 21. Nd2 Nf6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nf3 Qe6 24. Kf1 Be7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Qe4
27. g3 Rc6 28. Kg1 Re6 29. Nd2 Qe5 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Rd1 Kh7
32. Kg2 Rb6 33. Nb1 d4 34. Na3 Re6 35. Nc4 Re4 36. exd4 cxd4
37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Bb4 39. Rd3 Qc6+ 40. Qf3 Qe4 41. g4
Qxg4+ 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Ne5 Bc3 44. Nc6 Rd7 45. Kg3 a6
46. Kxg4 Kg8 47. f4 Kf8 48. Kf3 Rd5 49. Ne5 Rd6 50. Ke4 a5
51. f5 a4 52. bxa4 Ra6 53. Nd7+ Ke7 54. Nc5 Ra5 55. Ne6 Rxa4
56. Rg3 d3+ 57. Kxd3 Rxa2 58. Ke4 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Be5 60. Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Be2 d5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Bb8 14. g3 Nf8 15. Bg2 Ne6 16. Re2 Ne4
17. Rec2 Qe7 18. dxc5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 bxc5 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5
d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 dxe3 25. fxe3 Rcd8
26. Kf2 f5 27. h4 Kf7 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Nxd2 Rd8 30. Ke2 Kf6
31. Rc4 Rd6 32. Ra4 a6 33. Nc4 Rc6 34. Na5 Rb6 35. Nc4 Rc6
36. Na5 Rb6 37. Nc4 Rc6 38. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qa3 Nge7 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd5
Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Nf5 14. cxb5 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 axb5
16. Qc5 Qb6 17. Rc1 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 b4 19. d6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Rb6
21. Rd5 Bb7 22. Rd4 Re8+ 23. Kd2 Re6 24. f3 Rbxd6 25. Rxd6
Rxd6+ 26. Kc2 Bd5 27. b3 Rc6+ 28. Kd2 Rc5 29. Bd3 Ra5 30. Bb1
Kf8 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Ke3 Be6 33. g4 h5 34. h3 Re5+ 35. Kf2 Rd5
36. Ke3 Re5+ 37. Kd2 Rd5+ 38. Bd3 hxg4 39. hxg4 f5 40. Rc4
fxg4 41. fxg4 Ra5 42. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 43. Bc2 Ra5 44. Rf4 Rg5
45. Bd1 Rd5+ 46. Kc1 Rc5+ 47. Kb2 Rd5 48. Kc2 Rc5+ 49. Kb2 Rd5
50. Kc2 Rc5+ 51. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sarasadat Khademalsharieh"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 dxc4 11. Nb4 cxb3
12. Nxa6 Nxa6 13. axb3 Nab8 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. b4 b5
17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 a6 20. Rc5 Ra7 21. h4 Rd8
22. e3 a5 23. bxa5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. h4 b6 10. h5 h6 11. Qb1 Ba6 12. Qb3
Qxb3 13. cxb3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nd7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. g4 a5 17. Rg1
Nc6 18. a4 Ke7 19. Ke2 cxd4 20. cxd4 f6 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. Kd1
Kd6 23. Bc3 Nb4 24. Re3 Rhg8 25. Bd2 Nc6 26. Re2 Rh8 27. Rge1
e5 28. Be3 Rhg8 29. dxe5+ fxe5 30. Bxh6 Rxg4 31. Bc1 e4
32. Ng5 Nd4 33. Nxe4+ Rxe4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Kd5 36. Rh4
Nf6 37. Bb2 Nf5 38. Bxf6 Nxh4 39. Bxh4 Rh8 40. Bg5 Rxh5
41. Be3 Kc6 42. Kc2 Rh4 43. Kc3 Re4 44. Kd3 Rb4 45. Kc3 Kd5
46. Bg5 Re4 47. Be3 Re6 48. Kd3 Rg6 49. Kc3 Kc6 50. Kc4 Rg4+
51. Kc3 b5 52. axb5+ Kxb5 53. Bh6 Rg6 54. Be3 Rc6+ 55. Kb2 Rc8
56. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Na6
12. f5 Qd6 13. Qf3 c5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb3 16. Nxc5 Nxc5
17. dxc5 Qxb2 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Be5 Qd2 20. Rad1 Qh6 21. Re3 d4
22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Rg3 f6 26. Bd6 Rfe8
27. Qg4 Rd7 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. h4 Nc7 30. Bd3 Nd5 31. Bc2 b6
32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bd2 Qxh4 35. Ba4 Re4 36. Qxh4
gxh4 37. Bxd7 hxg3 38. c6 gxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rc4 40. g3 Bxc6
41. Be6 Re4 42. Bh6 a5 43. Kg1 b5 44. Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mekhri Geldyeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7
7. Qe2 d5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Qf3 f5
12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bg5 14. Nf3 Bh6 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Be1 g5
17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxe4 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Qe7 20. Bg3 a5 21. Qg2 Ba6
22. Rf2 g4 23. Bxg4 Bxe3 24. Re1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Qh3
Bxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rf8+ 29. Kg1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qb4
31. Rg1 Qe4+ 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rg8 34. Kf2 Rg6 35. h3 h6
36. Rc1 Rg5 37. Rc6 Rxe5 38. Rxb6 Bc4 39. b3 Bd3 40. Rxe6 Rg5
41. Ke3 Bb1 42. a3 Ba2 43. Rb6 h5 44. Bf3 Rg3 45. Kf4 Rxh3
46. Bxd5 Kg7 47. Bc4 a4 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Rb4 axb3
51. a4 Rh4+ 52. Kg5 Rd4 53. Kxh5 b2 54. Rb7+ Kd6 55. Bxa2 Rxa4
56. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. e5 Bxf3
12. gxf3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Qxe6 Nc5 16. Qc6+
Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. a4 b4 19. Bb3 e6 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Bc4
O-O 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. Ng5 Ne5 24. Be2 Rf6 25. Kg2 h6 26. Ne4
Rff8 27. Nc5 Nc7 28. f4 Nc6 29. Bf3 Nd5 30. Nxe6 Rf5 31. Be4
Rh5 32. Bxg6 Rh4 33. Be4 Nce7 34. Rd1 Nxf4+ 35. Nxf4 Rc8
36. Kg3 Bf6 37. Rd6 Bg5 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Rxc1 40. Rxc1
Bxf4+ 41. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlada Sviridova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 e5 11. dxe5 Nfd7
12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Nh3 Nc5 15. Qc4 Qd5 16. Qxd5
Bxd5 17. O-O Bc4 18. Re1 Nb3 19. Rb1 Nxc1 20. Rbxc1 Nd7
21. Rcd1 Rad8 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. f4 Ba6 24. Ng5 Kg8 25. Ne6 Rxd4
26. cxd4 Rf7 27. d5 Bc4 28. e4 c6 29. Ng5 Rd7 30. Bh3 Rd6
31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Nxh7+ Ke7 33. Ng5 c5 34. e5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5
Bxd5 36. Kf2 c4 37. Ke3 c3 38. Kd4 c2 39. Rc1 Bb3 40. Nf3 a5
41. Ne1 a4 42. Nxc2 Nc4 43. Ne3 Nxa3 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. Rxb7 Nb1
46. f5 Nd2 47. e6 Nf3+ 48. Ke4 Nd2+ 49. Ke5 a3 50. Kd6 Ne4+
51. Ke5 Nc5 52. Rb8+ Kc7 53. Ra8 a2 54. Nd5+ Kb7 55. Ra5 Ba4
56. Rxa4 Nxa4 57. e7 a1=Q+ 58. Ke6 Nc5+ 59. Kf7 Ne4 60. Ke6
Nf6 61. Nxf6 Qxf6+ 62. Kd7 Qc6+ 63. Kd8 Qc8# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qb6 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Qe2
Qb5 17. c4 Qf5+ 18. Ka1 O-O-O 19. Rh4 Rhe8 20. Re1 Bc7 21. Bc3
Nd7 22. g4 Qh7 23. Rhh1 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nc5 26. Qc4
Qd3 27. Qxc5 Qxf3 28. Qxa7 Qxd5 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qa4+ b5
31. Qc2 Ke7 32. Bb4+ Bd6 33. Rd1 Qc4 34. Qxc4 bxc4 35. Rxd6
Rxd6 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Kb1 Ke6 38. Rxd6+ Rxd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6
40. Kc2 g6 41. Kc3 Kc5 42. a4 gxh5 43. gxh5 f5 44. a5 e4
45. a6 Kb6 46. Kxc4 Kxa6 47. Kd4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nbd2 d5
7. c3 Bd6 8. Bg3 Nc6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bh4 Ne4
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nec4 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Re1
Nf5 17. Nxe4 Qc6 18. Bg5 Nd6 19. f3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb6 21. Re1
Rfe8 22. Qd2 e5 23. Be3 Qg6 24. Qf2 exd4 25. Bxd4 a6 26. h3 h6
27. a3 Bd5 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Re8 30. Re1 f6 31. Bg3 Rxe1+
32. Qxe1 Qc2 33. b4 Bc4 34. Bh4 Qe2 35. Qg3 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxc3
37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Qg4 Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. e3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 a6 16. a4 Qc6
17. f4 Ne8 18. g4 Nc7 19. g5 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Nxb5
22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. Nh4 Nf8 25. Nf3 Rd7 26. Ne5 Rb7
27. Bc3 Rcb8 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Rc1 Ng6 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Be5
Rd8 32. Kf2 Qd5 33. d4 cxd4 34. Bxd4 Ra8 35. Rc2 Qh1 36. Kg3
Bb4 37. Qg2 Qe1+ 38. Kh3 Rd8 39. Qf2 Qd1 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rxe2
Bd6 42. Kg4 Rc8 43. Ra2 Bf8 44. h4 Bd6 45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5
g6+ 47. Kg4 Bf8 48. Rh2 Bg7 49. Bxg7 Kxg7 50. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Meri Arabidze"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1
b6 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. b4 Rac8 15. N4b3 Rfe8 16. f4 e5 17. f5 a5
18. fxg6 hxg6 19. a3 Nb8 20. Nf3 axb4 21. axb4 Nc6 22. b5 Nb8
23. Ng5 Nbd7 24. Nd2 Rf8 25. Qe1 Nh7 26. Nxh7 Kxh7 27. Qh4+
Kg8 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Kg7 31. Rf3 Qd8 32. Qe3
f6 33. Rd1 Nc5 34. Bc1 g5 35. h4 Ne6 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rf5 Qe7
38. Ba3 Rxf5 39. exf5 Nd4 40. Rxd4 Qf6 41. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 Nd4
12. Nc2 Bg4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. f3
Be6 17. O-O-O bxc4 18. Qxd4 Qh6+ 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Qc3 Qxc3+
21. bxc3 Rab8 22. Rxd6 Rb5 23. Be2 Rfb8 24. Rhd1 Rb1+ 25. Kd2
R8b2+ 26. Ke3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Kf8 28. Rd2 Rb5 29. Kd4 Ra5
30. Rb2 Ra4 31. Bd1 Ra5 32. a4 h5 33. f4 g6 34. Rb4 Ke7
35. Be2 Bd7 36. Bxc4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Bxa4 38. Bxa6 f6 39. h4 Bc6
40. g3 Bd7 41. Bd3 Kd6 42. e5+ fxe5+ 43. fxe5+ Ke7 44. Bxg6
Bg4 45. c4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. Nc3 Qxf4
12. gxf4 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. e3 Na5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 d6
17. Nf3 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nb7 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. f5 Nc5
22. f3 g6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nce2 Kf7 25. Nb5 Ne8 26. Nf4 a6
27. Nc3 g5 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Bf6 30. R1d2 Ke7 31. Na4 Bxb2
32. Nxb6 Rc6 33. Nxd7 Ba3 34. Nb8 Rb6 35. Nxa6 Rxa6 36. f4 Bb4
37. Rc2 gxf4 38. exf4 Ng7 39. Kf3 Nf5 40. Ke4 Ra8 41. Rg2 Kf6
42. Rd1 Bc5 43. a4 Rb8 44. Rb2 Bb4 45. Ra2 Ba5 46. Rb2 Rb4
47. Kd3 d5 48. Rc1 Ke7 49. cxd5 exd5 50. Rc5 Rd4+ 51. Ke2 Bb4
52. Rb5 Kd6 53. a5 Rxf4 54. Rb6+ Ke5 55. a6 Nd4+ 56. Kd3 Rf3#
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 e4 9. Nd2 Qg5 10. Bf1 Qg6 11. Qc2 Bf5
12. Rb1 Nd8 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Re8 15. O-O h5 16. h4 c5
17. Nc4 Rc8 18. d5 b6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. c4 f6 21. a4 Nb7
22. Bd2 Re7 23. a5 Nxa5 24. Bxa5 bxa5 25. Qc3 Qa6 26. Rb5 a4
27. Ra1 Bd7 28. Rb2 Ree8 29. Rab1 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rb8 31. Qxa7
Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Qe5 33. Qxd7 Re7 34. Qb5 a3 35. Ra2 Qc3 36. Qxc5
Rb7 37. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Re8
12. Nc3 f6 13. Nf3 Nf8 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nde4 b6
17. f3 Bf5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qf2 Bb4 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Ng6
22. Qg3 Bc2 23. Rd2 Bb3 24. c5 Qf7 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Ne4 Qd7
27. h4 Kh8 28. h5 Ne7 29. h6 Nf5 30. hxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7
32. Bf2 Bd5 33. Rc1 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Re1 Rde6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tan Zhongyi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Bf1 d6
12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. c5 bxc5 16. c4 Rab8
17. Rab1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Bc3 d5 20. Qa4 Qf7 21. Be1 a6
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Ne5 26. Qe2
Nd3 27. a4 Qf6 28. a5 c4 29. Qa2 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Ra8 31. Qa3 Qc6
32. h3 h6 33. Rb1 c3 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. a6 c2 36. a7 Kh7 37. Qa2
Qb7 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. a8=Q Qc7 40. Qxc2 Qxc2 41. Qxd5 Qb1+
42. Kh2 Qd3 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Qf4 Qg6+ 46. Kh2 Qe6
47. g4 Qd5 48. Kg2 Qe6 49. Qf5 Qe7 50. Kg3 Qd6+ 51. Qf4 Qe7
52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qf4 Kg8 54. h4 Qe6 55. g5 hxg5 56. Qxg5 Qd6+
57. Kg4 Qd1+ 58. Kf5 Qf3+ 59. Qf4 Qg2 60. Ke5 Kh8 61. h5 Kg8
62. Qf5 Kh8 63. Ke6 Qh1 64. Kf7 Qb1 65. Qc8+ Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kh8
67. Qd5 Qc2 68. Qd8+ Kh7 69. Qg8+ Kh6 70. Qh8+ Kg5 71. Qxg7+
Kxh5 72. Qe5+ Kg4 73. Qf4+ Kh5 74. Kf6 Qc6+ 75. Kf5 Qd5+
76. Qe5 Qf7+ 77. Kxe4+ Kg6 78. Qd6+ Kh7 79. f4 Qb7+ 80. Qd5
Qb1+ 81. Ke5 Qb2+ 82. Kf5 Qc2+ 83. Qe4 Qc8+ 84. Kf6+ Kh8
85. Qh1+ Kg8 86. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alina Kashlinskaya"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Qd2 b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Bh5 Qc7
12. Nge2 Rf8 13. Qh6 O-O-O 14. Kb1 f5 15. h3 Nf6 16. g4 b5
17. gxf5 b4 18. Na4 c5 19. Rhe1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nb3 Be4
22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Be2 Qc6 25. Nac5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5
Qxc5 27. Qxf6 Rd6 28. Qh4 Rfd8 29. Rc1 h6 30. Qe4 Kb8 31. Bf3
R8d7 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qb7+ Kd8 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Bg4 Rc7
36. Qh8 a5 37. Bh5 a4 38. Qg7 Rf6 39. Qg3 a3 40. Qb3 axb2
41. Qxb2 Qc3 42. Bg4 Qxb2+ 43. Kxb2 Rd6 44. Kb3 Rd4 45. Re1
Rc3+ 46. Kb2 Kf6 47. Re2 Kg5 48. Rxe5 Rd2 49. f6+ Kxf6
50. Rf5+ Kg6 51. Rb5 Rdxc2+ 52. Kb1 Rxf2 53. Rxb4 Rg3 54. Rd4
Rg1+ 55. Bd1 f5 56. a4 Rgg2 57. Rb4 Rd2 58. Kc1 Ra2 59. Kb1
Rad2 60. Kc1 Ra2 61. Kb1 Raf2 62. a5 Rf1 63. Kc1 Ra2 64. Rd4
Rxa5 65. Kc2 Rc5+ 66. Kb3 f4 67. Bg4 Re5 68. Rd6+ Kg5 69. Rd8
Re3+ 70. Kc4 Rc1+ 71. Kb4 f3 72. Rf8 Rcc3 73. Rf5+ Kg6 74. Rf8
h5 75. Bf5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "14.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4
6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3
Rfc8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Nd5
Qd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rbc1
Qe8 22. Ne3 Nde5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. h4 f6 25. N3d4 Qf7 26. Nxb5
Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nfd4 Ra8 29. a3 Na6 30. b4 gxh4 31. Bxh4
Ng6 32. Bg3 Ne5 33. Nf5 Nb8 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Nc7
Qc8 37. Qb3+ e6 38. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. f4 Ne7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2
f6 13. Nef3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15. g4 c4 16. Be2 Qe8 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qg6 19. g5 h6 20. Nf3 Kh8 21. Qd1 b5 22. Kf2 d4
23. Nxd4 Rfd8 24. Rh1 Kg8 25. Bh5 Qh7 26. Bf3 Bd5 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rh3 Kh7 31. Rah1 Ng8
32. Rg3 Qf7 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 Re8 35. Kf3 a6 36. e4 fxe4+
37. Kxe4 Rd7 38. Kf3 Rf7 39. Ke4 Rb7 40. Rg4 a5 41. Rg3 b4
42. Rh1 Rb6 43. Nf3 Rf8 44. Nd4 Ne7 45. Rgh3 Ng8 46. g4 bxc3
47. bxc3 Rb2 48. R3h2 Rb7 49. Nxe6 Re8 50. Nd4 Nf6+ 51. Kf3
Nd5 52. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "16.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Ne7 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Nf3 Qxc2
12. dxc5 Nbc6 13. Nd4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 dxe4 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bf4
Ke7 17. O-O-O b6 18. Rd6 Bb7 19. Bb5 Rhc8 20. Rhd1 Rc7
21. cxb6 axb6 22. Kb2 Rac8 23. a4 Nb8 24. Rxb6 Bd5 25. Rc1 Nd7
26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Be3 Rc4 28. Ra1 Rdc7 29. Bd4 Kd7 30. a5 R7c6
31. a6 Rxb6+ 32. Bxb6 Kc8 33. Bd4 Kb8 34. a7+ Ka8 35. Ra5 Rc7
36. Kc2 g6 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Ra6 Rc6 39. Ra1 h5 40. Kd2 Rc8
41. Ke3 Rc7 42. Rh1 Rf7 43. Rh3 Rg7 44. g4 Rh7 45. gxh5 gxh5
46. Kf4 Kb7 47. Kg5 Kc8 48. Kg6 Rh8 49. Kg7 Rd8 50. Rxh5 Kb7
51. Kf6 Ka8 52. Ke7 Rc8 53. Kd7 Rg8 54. Rh6 Rg7+ 55. Kd6 Rg8
56. Rh7 Rd8+ 57. Kc5 Rf8 58. Rd7 Rc8+ 59. Kd6 Rh8 60. Rc7 Rg8
61. c4 Bb7 62. Kxe6 Rd8 63. Be3 Re8+ 64. Kf6 Bc8 65. Re7 Rf8+
66. Rf7 Re8 67. Bf4 Re6+ 68. Kg7 Rc6 69. Be3 Rxc4 70. Rf8 Rc7+
71. Kf6 Rc6+ 72. Kg5 Kb7 73. Kf4 Ra6 74. Kxe4 Kc7 75. Kf4 Ra4+
76. Kg5 Ra6 77. f4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daria Charochkina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 a6 12. Qe2
c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bh2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf6 17. Bxe4
Bxe5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg4 Qf6 21. f4 Rf5
22. Nf3 h6 23. Nd4 Kh8 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Qh5+
Kg7 27. Rf1 Rh8 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. Raf1 Rf7 31. Kh1
Kg6 32. Qe2 Bc6 33. Qc2 Bd7 34. Qd2 Rh7 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. exd4
f4 37. Re2 Bf5 38. Re5 Be4 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Re8 Rb7 41. h4 Rg7
42. Rf2 b5 43. Re5 bxa4 44. hxg5+ Rxg5 45. Rxf4+ Bf5 46. g4
Rxg4+ 47. Rxg4 Bxg4 48. Rxd5 Bd1 49. Ra5 Ke6 50. Kf2 Kd6
51. Ke3 Kc6 52. Rc5+ Kd6 53. Rxc4 Bb3 54. Rb4 Kc6 55. Rb8 Kd5
56. Rd8+ Kc4 57. Rc8+ Kd5 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59. Kd3 Bf7 60. Ra5
Bg6+ 61. Kd2 Be8 62. Rxa6+ Kd5 63. Ra5+ Kc4 64. Ra8 Bd7
65. Ra7 Be8 66. Rb7 Kd5 67. Rb4 Bd7 68. Kc2 Bf5+ 69. Kc1 Bd7
70. Kb1 Ke4 71. Ka2 Kd3 72. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Frauenbundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Germany GER"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Bc6 15. Rad1 g6 16. Bf3 Qb7
17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Rd3 Rac8 19. Qh3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Red1
Qb7 22. b3 Re8 23. Qh6 Bf8 24. Qh4 Nxe4 25. f5 Nxc3 26. Bxc6
Rxc6 27. Rh3 h6 28. Bxc3 e5 29. Rg3 d5 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Rxg6+
fxg6 32. Qf6 Qf7 33. Bxe5 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 Rc8 35. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frauenbundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Germany GER"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuliya Shvayger"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 g5 11. Ne1 c5 12. dxc5
Bg7 13. Bc3 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nd3 Qb6
17. Re1 Kg8 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Reb1 d4 20. Bxc6 Bxd3 21. cxd3
dxc3 22. Bf3 c2 23. Qxc2 Bxe5 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Qc4 Qxc4
26. dxc4 Rc8 27. b3 b6 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Ra2 Bc3 30. Rd3 Bb4
31. Ra1 h5 32. Rad1 g4 33. Be2 Bc5 34. Rd7 Rh6 35. g3 Rch8
36. Bf1 Rf6 37. R1d2 e5 38. Bg2 Bd4 39. Kf1 h4 40. Kg1 hxg3
41. hxg3 Rh5 42. Be4 Kf8 43. Rd8+ Ke7 44. Rg8 Rfh6 45. Bg2 f5
46. Rb8 Rd6 47. Bd5 Rd8 48. Rxd8 Kxd8 49. Kg2 Ke7 50. Bb7 Kd6
51. Bc8 Kc5 52. Rd3 Rg5 53. f4 gxf3+ 54. Rxf3 f4 55. Kh3 Be3
56. gxf4 exf4 57. Be6 Rg1 58. Bd7 Kd4 59. Kh2 Rb1 60. Rh3 Rb2+
61. Kh1 Rxb3 62. Bb5 Ke4 63. Bc6+ Kd3 64. Bb5 Ke2 65. Rh2+ Ke1
66. Rh3 Rb1 67. Kg2 Ke2 68. c5+ Rxb5 69. Rxe3+ Kxe3 70. axb5
f3+ 71. Kg1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "TCh-BEL 2016-17"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Michail Feygin"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6
7. Qg4 Bxg5 8. hxg5 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. f4 Qxc5
12. Nf3 Nf8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. a3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Rc8
17. Qg3 Ka8 18. Qe1 Qb6 19. Qg1 Qxg1 20. Rdxg1 Kb8 21. b3 Kc7
22. Kb2 Kd8 23. Nd2 Rc7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Nd4 Bc6 26. Nxc6+ Nxc6
27. cxd5 exd5 28. Nf3 g6 29. Rh4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. b4 Kf8
32. Bb1 Rd7 33. g3 Kg7 34. Nh2 h6 35. gxh6+ Rxh6 36. Rxh6 Kxh6
37. Ng4+ Kg7 38. Nf6 Rd8 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Nxd5 Ncd4 41. Bd3
Nc6 42. Kc3 Kf8 43. a4 a5 44. bxa5 Nxa5 45. Bb5 Nc6 46. Bxc6
bxc6 47. Nb4 c5 48. Nd3 g5 49. f5 1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sabrina Latreche"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 b4 11. a5 bxc3 12. bxc3
Rb8 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. g3 Qf6 15. Kg2 Bxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxf3+
17. Kxf3 Rb5 18. Ba4 Na7 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 20. Bb2 f5 21. exf5
Rxf5+ 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Rab1 d5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Ng4 26. h3
Nh6 27. Nxe5 Nf7 28. f4 Nfd6 29. g4 1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.12"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sabrina Latreche"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. f5 Nde5
12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. Bd1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be5 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. g3
Rae8 17. c3 d4 18. Be4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5
21. Nf4 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Kh8 23. Qe1 Nd4 24. Qd1 Nb5 25. Nd5 Nxc3
26. Nxc3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.14"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nb5 Bd8
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rde1 Bd7 14. h3 Ne7 15. Nc3 b5 16. g4 b4
17. Ne4 Nfd5 18. Nh4 Rb8 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. Nhf5 Nh4 21. Nxh4
Bxh4 22. Bf3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Be6 24. Rh2 Rb5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5
26. b3 Be6 27. Kb2 a5 28. a3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bd5 30. Re2 Kf8
31. Rf2 Bb7 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rxa8+ Bxa8 34. h4 Ke7 35. g5
hxg5 36. Bxg5+ f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.15"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3
Be6 13. Rb1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ra1 Qb6 16. Nb5 a4 17. Ncd4
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Rf6 21. Rac1 e5
22. Qf2 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc5 26. b6
e4 27. Rd4 exf3 28. gxf3 Raf8 29. Rcd1 Rd8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Kg2
Ke7 32. Bc4 d5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Nd7 35. Bb5 Nxb6 36. Rd4
Rd6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke7 39. Re4+ Kf6 40. Rf4+ Kg7
41. Be8 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rxb2 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Nc4 45. Rxb2
Nxb2 46. Kf4 a3 47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Bb5 Kf5 49. Kd4 Kf4 50. Bc6 g5
51. Kc3 h5 52. Be8 Kxf3 53. Bxh5+ Kg2 54. Be2 Kxh2 55. Kb3 g4
56. Bxg4 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 d5
7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3 Be7 9. h3 Bf5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bf6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Be2 c5 16. dxc5
Bxc3 17. Ra2 Nc6 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. Rd2 Re8 21. Bb5
Be4 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qf5 24. Be3 Qg6 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Kh2
Qf5 27. Rd4 Bc6 28. Qd1 h6 29. Rd6 Ng6 30. Qd4 Re4 31. Qc3
Qe5+ 32. Qxe5 Nxe5 33. Rcd1 f5 34. Bd3 Nxd3 35. R1xd3 Rae8
36. R3d4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Kf7 38. g4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Kg6 40. Kg3
Kf7 41. Rd6 Re4 42. Rd4 Re5 43. Rd6 Re4 44. Rd4 Re8 45. Rd6 a5
46. Rd4 a4 47. Rd6 Ra8 48. Rd4 Rh8 49. Rf4+ Ke6 50. Rd4 h5
51. g5 Kf5 52. Rd6 h4+ 53. Kh3 Bb5 54. Rd4 Bf1+ 55. Kh2 Bb5
56. Kh3 Bf1+ 57. Kh2 Bb5 58. Kh3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6
7. Be2 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxc2
12. Qxc2 Nf5 13. Qe4 Qb6 14. Rab1 Kh8 15. Nd5 Qd4 16. Qc2 Qe5
17. Qd2 Qd4 18. Qc1 Rac8 19. Bd2 Qh4 20. Bf4 e6 21. Nc3 Qe7
22. Re1 Ne5 23. b3 Qf7 24. Ne4 d5 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Bxe5 Qxe5
27. Bf3 Qc3 28. Nxe6 dxc4 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Rec1
Be5 32. Rxc4 b6 33. Rd1 Rf7 34. Re4 Bf6 35. Bg4 Kg7 36. Bxf5
gxf5 37. Rc4 Re7 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Rdc1 Kg6 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6
7. Ndb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Qc7
12. Be2 a6 13. Qg3 Rfd8 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. h4 Kh8 16. Bg5 b5
17. Kb1 Rdc8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. f4 Qc7 20. Qe3 Rab8 21. Bd3 Nb4
22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Be2 Nxc2 24. Qxc2 b4 25. Qa4 Qb6 26. Nd5 exd5
27. exd5 Nf6 28. Qxa6 Qe3 29. Bf3 Qxf4 30. Qd3 Re8 31. Qd2
Qf5+ 32. Qd3 Qf4 33. Qd2 Qf5+ 34. Qd3 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. exd4 h6
12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. a3 Bd6 20. g3 b6 21. Bd4
Rac8 22. Bc3 Bc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. b4 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3
26. bxc5 Rxc3 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rb1 Rxa3 29. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 c5
12. f4 b5 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Qh3 Bc8
17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Qh3 Bc8 19. Qh4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 g6 24. a4 b4 25. Rf2 Be6 26. g4
Bxg4 27. Rxc4 Be6 28. Rc7 h5 29. h4 Bd7 30. Kh2 Be6 31. Kg3
Rdc8 32. Rfc2 Bd7 33. f5 Bxf5 34. Kf4 Be6 35. Kg5 Re8 36. R2c6
Rad8 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. Rdc6 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Kg7 40. Bb6 Bb3
41. Rc5 Bxa4 42. Bxa5 Rxe5+ 43. Rxe5 f6+ 44. Kf4 fxe5+
45. Kxe5 b3 46. Kxe4 Kf7 47. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O
O-O-O 12. f5 h5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bc4 Kb8 15. Rhe1 Bc8 16. Bb3
Rdg8 17. Ne2 Qe5 18. Nf4 h4 19. Rf1 Bd8 20. Rde1 Rg5 21. Qh3
exf5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf7 Bb6 25. Rd1 Rc8
26. Bb3 Be4 27. Rxd6 f5 28. Rd2 Rg7 29. a3 Rc6 30. Ne6 Rg6
31. Nf8 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Bxg2 33. Rxf5 Rd6 34. Ne6 a6 35. Nf4 Be4
36. Rh5 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 Bd8 38. Ne6 Bf6 39. Nc5 Bc6 40. Rh7 Rd2
41. h3 Ka7 42. Rf7 Be5 43. Nd3 Bg3 44. Be6 Re2 45. Bb3 Rh2
46. Be6 Re2 47. Bb3 Bh1 48. a4 Bc6 49. a5 Rh2 50. Nb4 Bh1
51. Be6 Bd6 52. c3 Re2 53. Bd5 Bxd5+ 54. Nxd5 Re5 55. c4 Re4
56. Nb6 Bc5 57. Rf6 Rd4 58. Rh6 Bb4 59. Rh8 Bxa5 60. Nc8+ Kb8
61. Nd6+ Kc7 62. c5 Bb4 63. Rh7+ Kc6 64. Nxb7 Bxc5 65. Na5+
Kb5 66. Nb3 Ra4+ 67. Kb1 Bb6 68. Rh5+ Kc6 69. Nd2 Rf4 70. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3
e6 7. a3 d5 8. e3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Rd8
12. Qc2 a6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Be2 Ne5 15. h3 b5 16. Rac1 Nc4
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Na4 Rab8 20. Nxc4 Qb7 21. f3 Qb5
22. Nab6 Be8 23. b4 Qh5 24. Na5 Bd6 25. Qf2 Qe5 26. g4 Qb5
27. Rfd1 Be7 28. Nac4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nd7 30. a4 Qxb4 31. Nxd7
Qxa4 32. Qe1 Bxd7 33. Nb6 Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Bb5 35. Be3 h6 36. Rc1
Qa2 37. Qd2 Qb3 38. Qc3 Qa2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc2 Qa3 41. Qc3
Qa2 42. Qd2 Qa3 43. Kg2 Bf6 44. Rc2 Qb3 45. Rc7 Qb1 46. Qc1
Qd3 47. Qd2 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Be5+ 49. Bf4 Bxc7 50. Bxc7 Qxf3
51. Qe1 Bc6 52. Bb6 Bxe4 53. Qg1 e5 54. Be3 a5 0-1

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. c4 Nc7
7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe4 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O e5 11. Rd1 Qg6
12. Qe3 f6 13. Nc3 Qf7 14. a3 Be7 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. b4 O-O
17. Bb2 Re8 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Bd3 Ned4 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Qg3 b5 23. Qh4 f5 24. Bxd4 Be6 25. Bb2 Rbd8 26. cxb5 axb5
27. Nf4 Bb3 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bc4 30. Bb1 Nd4 31. Qxd8
1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shiqun Ni"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. e5 Ne8 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d3 Nc7 10. Ne4 Ne6 11. Be3 b6
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Re2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Ng3 c5
17. b3 Bb7 18. f3 b5 19. Rae1 a5 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qf4 Qe6
22. h4 a4 23. h5 axb3 24. axb3 c4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. dxc4 Rac8
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qxd4 Rxc4 29. Qf2 Rec8 30. Nf1 Ba6 31. Rd2
R4c5 32. f4 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qf5 34. Rfd1 Rxc2 35. Rd8+ Rxd8
36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4 Qh5 38. Bg5 f6 39. exf6 Qxh4 40. Bxh4
Bxf6 41. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Shiqun Ni"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3
Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bf3 Ndf6 11. c4 h6
12. b3 Bf5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. h4 Qd7 15. Qc1 Bh7 16. Qf4 b6
17. Nb4 a5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Re2 Nc5
22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Kf8 24. a3 Bd7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Na6
27. c3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Be2 Nb8 30. g4 g5 31. Kg2 f6
32. Kg3 Bg6 33. f4 Be4 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Bc1
Bxd5 37. Bxg5 Nc6 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Bh4 Bh1 40. b5 Na7 41. Bc4+
d5 42. Bd3 c6 43. bxc6 Nxc6 44. Bf2 Na5 45. Bxb6 Nc4 46. Bd4
Nd6 47. Bh7 Bg2 48. Be5 Nc8 49. Bd3 Ne7 50. Bd4 Ng6+ 51. Kg5
Ne7 52. Bc5 Nc6 53. Kf4 Nd8 54. Be3 Nc6 55. g5 Ne7 56. Ke5
Ng6+ 57. Kd6 Ne7 58. Bc2 Nc8+ 59. Ke5 Ne7 60. Bc1 Nc6+ 61. Kd6
Ne7 62. Bb3 Nf5+ 63. Ke5 Ne7 64. Bd1 Ng6+ 65. Kd6 Be4 66. Bg4
Nf8 67. Bh5+ Ng6 68. Be3 Kg7 69. Bd4+ Kf7 70. Bf6 Bg2 71. Bg4
Kf8 72. Be5 Ne7 73. Ke6 Ng6 74. Kf6 Be4 75. Be6 Nh4 76. Bf7
Nf5 77. g6 1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd6 Qxd6
12. exd6 a5 13. b3 Nf6 14. f3 O-O 15. Be3 Ne8 16. O-O-O e5
17. Bd3 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. f4 Re8 21. fxe5 fxe5
22. Rd2 Re6 23. c5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rde2
Kf6 27. Rf1+ Kg7 28. Ref2 e4 29. Rf7+ Kh6 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "Women's World Championship"]
[Site "Tehran IRI"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
Bxc5 7. Bc4 Qc6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbd4 Qc7 11. Nb5
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Bf4 a6 15. b4 Qa4 16. Nc7 Ra7
17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nc2 Nb8 19. Nxa6 bxa6 20. Bxb8 Ra8 21. Be5 Bb7
22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. Nxb3 Rfc8 25. O-O Qb5 26. Qe1 Rc4
27. Nd2 Rc6 28. a4 Qd3 29. Nf3 Rac8 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. Rd1 Qf5
32. Qe2 Rc4 33. Kh1 R4c6 34. Rd3 g6 35. Rfd1 R6c7 36. h3 h5
37. Re3 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Nxf6 39. Nd4 Qg5 40. Rg3 Qh4 41. Nxe6
Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Rxc3 43. Nd4 Rc8 44. Nf3 Qxb4 45. Qxa6 Qc3
46. Qb7 Re8 47. Kg1 Qc2 48. Ra1 Qc3 49. Rb1 Kg7 50. g3 Qa5
51. Rb4 Rd8 52. Qb5 Qa8 53. Qe2 Re8 54. Qd1 Ne4 55. Qd4+ Kg8
56. Ne5 Ng5 57. Rb3 Nxh3+ 58. Kh2 Nxf2 59. Qxf2 Rxe5 60. Qb2
Qxa4 61. Rf3 Qb5 62. Qc3 Re2+ 63. Kg1 Qb1+ 64. Rf1 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Frauenbundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Germany GER"]
[Date "2017.03.04"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Endress"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4
6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. O-O g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nc3
O-O 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Qc6 14. a3 Na6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nd5 Qd7
17. Rab1 b6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. f4 Qc6
22. Rfc1 Nc7 23. Nf3 e6 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Qd7 26. b5 d5
27. Nc6 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Rf8 29. Rd1 Qe8 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Frauenbundesliga 2016-17"]
[Site "Germany GER"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd2 c5 11. Bc3 Bf6
12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. a4 h6 15. Rfb1 Nd7 16. a5 Bc6
17. axb6 axb6 18. c4 Qb7 19. Qb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4
Nd5 12. Ne3 Bb4+ 13. Kd1 Be6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O
16. Be3 Rxd5+ 17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rc3 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Re6 21. Rf1 f6 22. Rf4 Kb7 23. a4 c5 24. Rfc4 Rb6 25. b3 Rb4
26. h4 Re5 27. Kf3 Rf5+ 28. Ke2 Re5 29. g3 g6 30. Kd3 h5
31. Rxb4+ cxb4 32. Rc4 a5 33. g4 Rd5+ 34. Ke2 Re5 35. Rf4 hxg4
36. Rxf6 Rh5 37. Rxg6 Rxh4 38. Kd3 Kc7 39. Kd4 Kb7 40. Rg5 Kb6
41. Rg6+ Kb7 42. e4 Rh3 43. Rxg4 Rxb3 44. Rg5 Rb1 45. Rxa5 b3
46. Rb5+ Kc6 47. Kc3 Re1 48. e5 Re3+ 49. Kd4 Rh3 50. e6 Rh4+
51. Ke5 Rh5+ 52. Kf6 Rxb5 53. axb5+ Kb7 54. e7 b2 55. e8=Q
b1=Q 56. Qc6+ Kb8 57. Qd5 Kc7 58. Qe5+ Kb7 59. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alena Suslova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. e3 d6
7. Nge2 Bf5 8. d3 Qd7 9. b4 Ba7 10. h4 h6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qd2
Be6 13. Nd5 Nh7 14. O-O Nd8 15. e4 Nc6 16. d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Bxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Nf8
22. Ne3 Qc8 23. c5 Bh3 24. Bh1 Ng6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Qc3 Red8
27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. e5 Rd8 29. Be4 Be6 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1
Ne7 32. Ne3 b6 33. Qd3 Kf8 34. f4 Bd7 35. f5 Bb5 36. Qd2 Qd7
37. Qxd7 Bxd7 38. g4 Bc6 39. Bc2 Bb7 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. f6 gxf6
42. exf6 Nd5 43. Nxd5 Bxd5 44. Ke3 c5 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Kf4
Kf8 47. g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Ba2 49. Kf4 a5 50. Ke5 Kg8 51. Be4
Bb3 52. Bd5 a4 53. Be4 Kh8 54. Bb1 Kg8 55. Bf5 Kh8 56. h5 Kg8
57. Be4 Kh8 58. Bb1 Kg8 59. Bf5 Kh8 60. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.05"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anastasia Bodnaruk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Be2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qd7 11. Qf3 g6
12. Nf1 Ne6 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Ne3 d4
17. c4 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nf7 19. Nxf5 Bf6 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Ne3 c6
22. Ng4 Bg7 23. h4 h5 24. Nh2 Nf8 25. Nf3 b6 26. Bf4 c5
27. Nc1 Qf5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Bxg5 Qc2 30. b3 Nd7 31. Qd3 Qxd3
32. Nxd3 Be5 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Rde2 Bd6 35. g3 a6 36. a4 Rxe2
37. Rxe2 b5 38. a5 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb8 40. Bf4 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Be7
42. Bc7 Rb7 43. Bb6 Bd6 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Rb2 Ke6 46. Re2+ Kf5
47. Rb2 Ke6 48. Re2+ Kf6 49. Ra2 Kf5 50. Rb2 Rb7 51. Ra2 Nxb6
52. Rb2 Ke6 53. axb6 Kd7 54. Ra2 Rxb6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Ra5 Bf8
57. f3 Bd6 58. g4 hxg4 59. fxg4 Be7 60. h5 gxh5 61. gxh5 Bf8
62. Ra1 Kd7 63. Rf1 Ke8 64. Rf5 Re6+ 65. Kd5 Rd6+ 66. Ke5 Rd7
67. Ke6 Rd6+ 68. Ke5 Rd7 69. Ke6 Rd6+ 70. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Sazonova"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Bd7 10. Qd2 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Bc6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 O-O
17. a3 Na6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bc2 Qf6
22. f4 Nc5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5 a5 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Nd7
27. Re1 c5 28. Ba4 Kf8 29. Kc3 Ke7 30. g4 Nb6 31. Bc6 Rd8
32. b4 axb4+ 33. axb4 cxb4+ 34. Kxb4 Rd2 35. Ra1 Rxh2 36. Ra7+
Kd8 37. c5 Nd5+ 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. c6 Re2 40. Kc5 Rxe5 41. Rxf7
Kc8 42. Kb6 Re8 43. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oksana Gritsayeva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. d4 c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qd1
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne1 b4
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Na4 Be7 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Bd2 Qe4 21. Bg5 Qd5
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qc2 b3 24. Qc1 h5 25. Nc3 Qb7 26. Qf4 Ra8
27. Rd1 Ra5 28. e4 Qb6 29. h3 Bd6 30. Qf3 h4 31. Kg2 Nd7
32. g4 Bc7 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Nc5 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ke2 Na4
37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Rc1 Bg3 39. Rc3 Rxe4 40. Rxb3 f5 41. gxf5
exf5 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Rb4 g5 44. Rd4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships (Women)"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.10"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elizaveta Solozhenkina"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Nge2 Nfd7 11. Ng3 Na6
12. h4 Bxh4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Bg5 15. Qh5 h6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5
17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Rh5 g4 19. Rg5 Nf6 20. Kd2 Rfd8 21. Rh1 Nc7
22. Ne2 Nce8 23. Nf4 Kf8 24. Nd3 Ke7 25. Ne5 Nd6 26. Ke2 Rg8
27. Rh4 Rh8 28. Rxg7 Rxh4 29. Ng6+ Ke8 30. Nxh4 Kf8 31. Rg5
Ke7 32. Rg7 Kf8 33. Rg5 Ke7 34. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c6 11. O-O b5
12. Bc2 Be6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. Bg5 b4 16. e5 dxe5
17. Qh4 Re8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Nd6
Rd8 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qb5 24. Bb3 Qe2 25. Re1 Qxb2
26. Qe4 Qd4 27. Qxc6 Ra7 28. Rac1 Rd6 29. Qb5 Qb6 30. Qe2 g6
31. Rc4 Kf8 32. h4 Rad7 33. h5 Rd2 34. Qf3 R2d3 35. Rc6 Rxf3
36. Rxb6 Rf4 37. g3 Bd8 38. Rb5 Rf6 39. hxg6 Rxg6 40. Rexe5
Rg4 41. Rb8 Kg7 42. Reb5 Be7 43. Kg2 Rgd4 44. Rf5 Bf6 45. Rbb5
Bd8 46. Rf3 Re4 47. Rh5 Red4 48. Rhf5 f6 49. Rb5 Be7 50. Re3
Bf8 51. f4 Re7 52. Kf3 Rxe3+ 53. Kxe3 Rd7 54. Ke4 Rc7 55. Rb8
Ra7 56. Kf5 Ra5+ 57. Kg4 Ra7 58. Kh4 Rd7 59. Kg4 Ra7 60. Rd8
Rc7 61. Kf5 Rc5+ 62. Bd5 Rc7 63. g4 Ra7 64. Rc8 Rd7 65. Bc4
Ra7 66. Rb8 Rc7 67. Bd5 Rd7 68. Rb5 Rc7 69. Rb6 Be7 70. Ra6
Rd7 71. Ke6 Rc7 72. Be4 Bf8 73. Bc6 Re7+ 74. Kf5 Rc7 75. Bd5
Be7 76. Re6 Rd7 77. Bb3 Rc7 78. Re2 Ra7 79. Rd2 Rc7 80. Rh2
Bd6 81. g5 fxg5 82. Kxg5 Rc5+ 83. Kg4 Rc1 84. Rd2 Rg1+ 85. Kf5
Rg6 86. Ke4 Be7 87. Rd7 Kf6 88. Rb7 Rg1 89. Rb6+ Kg7 90. f5
Re1+ 91. Kd5 Rg1 92. Ke6 Re1+ 93. Kd7 Bc5 94. Rg6+ Kh7 95. Rg4
Re7+ 96. Kc6 Re5 97. f6 Bf8 98. f7 Rc5+ 99. Kd7 Bg7 100. Rxb4
Kh6 101. Rb6+ Kg5 102. Rb8 Rf5 103. Rg8 Kh6 104. Ke7 1-0

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Thao Nguyen Pham"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4
Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Ne4 11. a4 a6
12. a5 Qd8 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rc8 15. c3 Be7 16. Nd3 Bd6
17. f3 Nf6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nbc5 Qc7 20. b4 O-O 21. Rfe1 Ne8
22. Ne5 Nd6 23. Qd3 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Nc4 25. Ree1 Rfe8 26. Ra2
Re7 27. Qf1 Qf4 28. Qf2 Nd6 29. g3 Qf5 30. Kg2 Nc4 31. Rae2 h6
32. f4 g5 33. g4 Qxf4 34. Qxf4 gxf4 35. Kf3 Nd6 36. Kxf4 Kg7
37. Rg1 Rec7 38. Rg3 Kf6 39. h4 Rh8 40. Re5 Nc4 41. Re2 Re7
42. Rg1 Nd6 43. Rge1 Nc4 44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Rg1 Kf6 46. Nd3 Rc7
47. Nc5 Re7 48. Nd3 Rc7 49. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Bb2 Bxf3 6. exf3
Nf6 7. f4 Qd6 8. Be2 Qxf4 9. O-O e5 10. b5 Be7 11. Ba3 c5
12. d3 e4 13. Bc1 Qe5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Qc2 e3 16. Nf3 exf2+
17. Rxf2 Qc7 18. Nh4 Ne4 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Bg4 O-O
22. Re1 Rae8 23. Rfe2 Nf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Ndxe8
26. Bh3 Qf4 27. g3 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qd1 h5 30. Kf1 Nd6
31. Ng2 Qe5 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Ng4 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. a4
Kf8 36. Nc2 Nc8 37. Na1 Nb6 38. a5 Nd7 39. Nb3 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd6
41. Kf2 Ne5 42. Nc1 a6 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Kg2 Nf3 45. h3 Ne1+
46. Kh2 gxh3 47. Kxh3 Ke5 48. Kh2 f5 49. Kg1 g5 50. Kf2 Nc2
51. Nb3 Kd6 52. Kf3 Nb4 53. Ke2 Nc6 54. Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Ke2 g4
56. Nc1 Nc6 57. Nb3 Nd8 58. Kf2 Nb7 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Kf2 f4
61. Kg2 fxg3 62. Kxg3 Kf5 63. Kf2 Kf4 64. Ke2 g3 0-1

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5
12. g3 Na5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 Nc4
17. b3 Nd6 18. c4 Ne4 19. h4 Bb4 20. Re3 c6 21. Ne5 a6 22. c5
Ba5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Kg2 Nd7 25. Rh1 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Re6 27. Bg5
Qe8 28. Qd4 Bc7 29. Rhe1 Rb8 30. Qg4 b6 31. cxb6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6
12. Bg5 d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 Qb8
17. Qg3 b5 18. f4 c4 19. Be2 b4 20. Bh5 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qb7
22. Bf3 Rab8 23. g4 Be7 24. f5 Bb4 25. Qd4 Bc5 26. Qc3 Bb4
27. Qd4 Bc5 28. Qc3 Bb4 29. Qd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "189"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. c3 e6 5. O-O Nge7 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. d4 Ng6 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4
Rc8 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. e5 Rfe8 17. h5
Nf8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc4 20. Bc1 d6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bd3
a5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qd5 25. Qe2 Red8 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Bf4
h6 28. Rac1 Qb6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qg4 Kh8 31. Be3 Qb8 32. Qe4
Rd8 33. Bd4 Qc7 34. Qe3 Qc6 35. Bb5 Qd5 36. Rd3 Qa2 37. Qc1
Bg5 38. f4 Bh4 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Kh3 Be7 41. Kh2 Bh4 42. Qd1 Be7
43. Qg4 Qa1 44. Rg3 g6 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Rd3 Rc8 47. Rd1 Rc1
48. b3 Qa3 49. Rxc1 Qxc1 50. Bc4 Kg7 51. Qf3 h5 52. Be3 Qe1
53. Bf2 Qd2 54. Be3 Qe1 55. Bf2 Qd2 56. Bb6 h4 57. Qf2 Qc1
58. Be3 Qd1 59. Qe2 Qxe2 60. Bxe2 Nd7 61. Bc4 Kf7 62. Kh3 Bd8
63. Bf2 g5 64. Kg4 gxf4 65. Kxf4 Bc7 66. Bd4 Nb6 67. Bd3 Nd5+
68. Kg4 Bd8 69. Be4 Ne7 70. Bf2 Bc7 71. Kf4 Bd8 72. Bxh4 Nd5+
73. Kg4 Ne3+ 74. Kh5 Bc7 75. Bf6 Nf1 76. Bg6+ Kg8 77. Bd3 Ne3
78. Be4 Nf1 79. Kg6 Ne3 80. Kg5 Kf7 81. g4 Nf1 82. Bg6+ Kf8
83. Kf4 Bb6 84. g5 Be3+ 85. Kf3 Bb6 86. Bh7 Ne3 87. Be4 Nf1
88. Kg4 Kf7 89. g6+ Kf8 90. Bc6 Ne3+ 91. Kh5 Nf5 92. Bd7 Bc7
93. Kg5 Nd4 94. g7+ Kg8 95. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Khaled Mona"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 b4 5. Qc2 g6 6. b3 d6
7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. e4 e6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. O-O e5 12. Rd1
f5 13. Ne1 a5 14. Be2 Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. Bb2
Qg5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qd2 Qg6 20. Ng3 Bh6 21. Qc2 Be3+ 22. Kh1
Ra7 23. Bd3 Nh5 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Bc1 Bd4 26. Bb2 Bxb2
27. Qxb2 f4 28. Ra1 Rf6 29. Qf2 Rh6 30. g4 fxg3 31. Qxg3+ Rg7
32. Qf2 Bh3 33. Rd2 Nd7 34. a3 Nf6 35. axb4 e4 36. Rxa5 exd3
37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Qe3 Rhg6 39. Ra7+ Nd7 40. Rxd3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "World Team Chess Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qf3 Be7 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. Qg3 Bd7 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6
12. Be2 O-O-O 13. f5 Rhg8 14. Qh3 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Kb8 16. Rhd1
Ka8 17. Bf2 Rc8 18. Kb1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5
21. Rxd5 Bc6 22. Qe3 b6 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Bf3 Kb8 25. Qd4 Bf6
26. Qf4+ Ka7 27. Na4 Bxd5 28. Nxb6 Bxf3 29. Nxc8+ Ka8 30. Nb6+
Ka7 31. Nd5+ Ka8 32. Nc7+ Kb8 33. Nb5+ Ka8 34. Nc7+ Kb8
35. Nb5+ Ka8 36. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6
7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 d4 14. Nxd4 Bh4+ 15. Bf2 Qe7+ 16. Kf1
Bxf2 17. Kxf2 O-O-O 18. Qf3 Qc5 19. Rhd1 h5 20. gxh5 Be6
21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rxh5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8
25. Rg1 Ne7 26. Bxb7 Rxh3 27. Bf3 Rh2+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2+ 29. Bxg2
Kc7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Kd4 Nf5+ 32. Ke4 Ng3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Ke4
Ng3+ 35. Kd3 Nh5 36. Ke3 Nf6 37. c4 Nd7 38. Kd4 Nc5 39. Bf3
Nd7 40. Bh5 Nc5 41. Be8 Nb7 42. a4 Nc5 43. a5 Nb7 44. c5+ Nxc5
45. Kc4 Na6 46. Bh5 Nc7 47. Bf3 Na6 48. Bg2 Nc7 49. Bb7 Ne8
50. Kd4 Nf6 51. Bf3 Nd7 52. Bg2 e5+ 53. fxe5+ Nxe5 54. a6 Nd7
55. Bf1 Nc5 56. Bb5 Ne6+ 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Ke5 Nc7 59. Bd3 Kb6
60. Kd6 g5 61. Be2 Nb5+ 62. Ke5 Kxa6 63. Kf5 Kb6 64. Kxg5 Kc5
65. Kf4 Nc3 66. Ke3 a5 67. Kd2 Kb4 68. Bh5 a4 69. Kc1 a3
70. Bf7 Kc5 71. Bb3 Kd4 72. Bf7 Ke3 73. Bb3 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "2.47"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John L Watson"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. c4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 h6 16. h3 cxd4
17. exd4 Qf4 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Kh2 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. g3 Nhf6
22. f4 Rc7 23. Nf3 Ba6 24. a4 Nc5 25. Be2 Nb3 26. Rc2 Nd5
27. Rb1 Nb4 28. Rc3 Na5 29. Ba1 Nbc6 30. Rc2 Ne7 31. Nd2 Nf5
32. Nf3 Bb7 33. c5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Qf2 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Kh1
O-O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 d4
17. Rfd1 g5 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Ng3 gxf4 20. Qxf4 b3 21. Rac1 Kb8
22. Nde4 bxc2 23. Bxc2 Ncb3 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Qf2 Rc8 26. Bd3
Rc7 27. Nd6 f5 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29. Ne2 Rg8 30. Qf3 Qxa4 31. Nf4
N7c5 32. Bc2 Qc4 33. Bxb3 Nxb3 34. Qd3 a5 35. Qh3 Rg4 36. Qxh6
d3 37. Nxd3 Qe4 38. Ne1 Qe2 39. h3 Rd4 40. Rxd4 Qf1+ 41. Kh2
Nxd4 42. Qe3 Rc4 43. Rd1 Qe2 44. Qxe2 Nxe2 45. Nf3 Kc8 46. Rd6
Rb4 47. Rd2 Nf4 48. Nd4 a4 49. Nf3 Nd5 50. Rd4 Rxb2 51. Rxa4
Ne3 52. Ra8+ Kd7 53. Rg8 Ke7 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rg6 Kf7 56. Rf6+
Ke7 57. Nh4 Kd7 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Rg6 Nc4 60. Rg7+ Ke8 61. Ng6
Nxe5 62. Nf4 Re1+ 63. Kf2 Re4 64. g3 Nd7 65. Nh5 Ra4 66. Nf4
Nc5 67. h4 Ne4+ 68. Ke1 e5 69. Nd3 Kf8 70. Rg6 Ra5 71. Re6
Ra1+ 72. Ke2 Nxg3+ 73. Kf2 e4 74. Kxg3 exd3 75. Rd6 Rd1
76. Kf3 Ke7 77. Rd4 Kf6 78. Ke3 Re1+ 79. Kf2 Re2+ 80. Kf3 Rh2
81. Rxd3 Rh3+ 82. Ke2 Rxh4 83. Kf2 Ra4 84. Rb3 Ra2+ 85. Kf3
Kg5 86. Kg3 Ra1 87. Rc3 Re1 88. Kf2 Re4 89. Rg3+ Rg4 90. Kf3
Kh4 91. Rxg4+ fxg4+ 92. Kg2 g3 93. Kg1 Kh3 94. Kh1 g2+ 95. Kg1
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "5.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Na4 Rab8 14. Qd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rc1 Nd7
17. b3 f5 18. Nc5 Nf6 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nde5 Rb6 21. Qd3 g5
22. Nd2 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Qd4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nd7
Qxd4 27. exd4 Rd6 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rc7 Rxd4 30. Rfc1 f4
31. Rxa7 e3 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. Re1 Rd3 34. Ra5 Bd1 35. Rxg5 e2
36. Kf2 Rd2 37. a3 Kf7 38. Rg3 Rb2 39. b4 Kf6 40. Rf3+ Ke7
41. Re3 Ra2 42. Rc3 Kd6 43. Rd3+ Ke7 44. Rc3 Kd6 45. g4 Ke5
46. Ke3 Kf6 47. Kd4 Rd2+ 48. Rd3 e5+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. h4 Ke6
51. Rc3 Kd5 52. Rd3+ Ke6 53. Rc3 Kd5 54. h5 Ke6 55. Ke4 Bc2+
56. Kf3 Bd1 57. Kg3 Rd2 58. Kf2 Rd4 59. Rg3 h6 60. g5 hxg5
61. Rxg5 Rf4+ 62. Kg2 Rh4 63. Kg3 Rf4 64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Kg2 Rh4
66. b5 Rxh5 67. Rc6 Ke7 68. b6 Kd7 69. Rc7+ Kd6 70. Rf7 Kc6
71. b7 Rh8 72. Kf2 Rb8 73. Rh1 Kb6 74. Rh4 Ka5 75. Rb4 Ka6
76. Ke1 Ka7 77. Re7 Ka6 78. Re6+ Ka7 79. Reb6 e4 80. Rb2 Bc2
81. Kxe2 Bd3+ 82. Ke3 Ba6 83. Kxe4 Bxb7+ 84. Ke5 Re8+ 85. Re6
Rh8 86. Re7 Rb8 87. Re6 Rh8 88. Re7 Rb8 89. Rb4 Ka6 90. Kf6
Rf8+ 91. Kg7 Rb8 92. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "6.36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Lawrence Trent"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O Qb6 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qf2 Na4 15. Nxa4 Qxf2+ 16. Rxf2 bxa4
17. c3 Ne7 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Rd2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Bd7
22. Rf1 Rab8 23. Rff2 Rb6 24. Kf1 f6 25. Ke1 g6 26. Bb1 Kg7
27. Kd1 Ng8 28. Kc1 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Nh6 31. Rf4 g5
32. Rf6 Ng8 33. Nf5+ Kh8 34. Rf7 exf5 35. Rxd7 Nh6 36. Rxd5
Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Ba2 Ng4 39. Bf7+ Kh6 40. Rd6+ Rxd6
41. exd6 Ne5 42. Be6 Kg6 43. d7 Nc6 44. Bd5 Nd8 45. c4 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "7.31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johan-Sebastian Christiansen"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4
12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bf6 15. b4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Ne6 17. Qe5 Re8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. a3 d4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Rc2
Rac8 22. Rdc1 Rcd8 23. Rd1 h6 24. h4 Ng5 25. Qc7 Nh3+ 26. Kh2
Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Nxf2 28. Rd2 Ne4 29. Rd3 Nc3 30. Kh3 b5 31. Rxa7
Rxe2 32. Bc7 Ne4 33. Kg4 f5+ 34. Kh5 Rd5 35. Kg6 Nd6 36. Ra8+
Ne8 37. Kh5 Kh7 38. Ra6 Nxc7 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "8.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8
13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Nf1 h6 17. d5 hxg5
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxg5 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Qe2
g6 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Nd5 Qh4 25. Nxc7 Rh8 26. Qf3 f5 27. Kh2
Nxf2 28. Ne6+ Kf6 29. Rxf2 Bxf2 30. Qd3 Be4 0-1

[Event "TCh-SUI"]
[Site "Switzerland SUI"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[EventDate "2017.03.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Bg6 12. c5
Bb8 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. g3 Kh8 16. Nh4 Bh5 17. f3 Nexc5
18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Qc2 f4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. fxe4 Qg5 22. Ng2 Bd2
23. Rf1 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Ncxd5
Bf7 28. Be4 Rae8 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Qg2 Nc5 31. Bf3 g5 32. Nd3
Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Be6 34. g4 Bxg4 35. Qg1 Qh3 36. Qg2 Qh4 37. Qg1
Bxf3+ 38. Rdxf3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "TCh-SUI"]
[Site "Switzerland SUI"]
[Date "2017.10.15"]
[EventDate "2017.03.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Gabriel Gaehwiler"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. Rh1 Qd7 18. h4 Qf5 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc4 21. b3 Nd6
22. Rhe1 a5 23. Qa3 Ne4 24. Re3 f6 25. Qb2 Rae8 26. c4 g5
27. Qe2 Nc3 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Qe2 Nc3 30. Qd3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Ivanova-Skripova"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. a4 b4
7. Nd5 Bb7 8. Bc4 a5 9. Ng5 e6 10. Qf3 Nh6 11. Nf4 Nf5
12. Nxf7 Qe7 13. Nxh8 Bxh8 14. Nxe6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nc6 16. O-O
Kd7 17. Qh3 Nd8 18. Nc5+ Kc6 19. Bd5+ Kb6 20. Nxb7 Nxb7
21. Rf7 Qg5 22. Qd7 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pauline Guichard"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 h5
7. h3 Nc6 8. Nge2 h4 9. g4 f5 10. gxf5 Bxf5 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 c6 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
cxd5 17. Qxd5 Qd7 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6+ Kf7
21. Bd5+ Kg6 22. Bb3 a5 23. Ke2 a4 24. Bxa4 Rxb2+ 25. Kf3 Be6
26. Rhg1+ Kh7 27. Bc6 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Rg4 Kg8 30. Bg5
Be6 31. Re4 Rh5 32. Rxe6 Rxg5 33. Kf4 Rc5 34. Be4 Kf7 35. Rc6
g5+ 36. Kg4 Re5 37. Bg6+ Kg7 38. Bf5 Be7 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. Bxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mai Narva"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4
6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3
Rac8 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b3 a6 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. a4 Nd7 16. Nd5 e6
17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Rb1 Nb4 21. Qd1 Bxc3
22. Bxc3 Nxe4 23. Bd4 Qc6 24. Nd2 e5 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Ba1 Nd3
27. Qg4 Nf4 28. Rfe1 Qc6 29. Rbd1 Rcd8 30. a5 f6 31. h4 h5
32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Kh2 Qc5 34. Bc3 d5 35. Bd2 Ne6 36. cxd5 Rxd5
37. Rc1 Qd6 38. Be3 Rd3 39. Kg1 Rf7 40. Qf3 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5
42. b4 Nd4 43. Rc4 Rfd7 44. Kf1 Nc6 45. Ke2 f5 46. g3 Rd3
47. Rb1 R7d5 48. Rc5 Rxc5 49. Bxc5 Rd5 50. Rc1 Kg7 51. Rc4 Kf6
52. f3 Ke6 53. g4 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 hxg4 55. fxg4 fxg4 56. Ke4 Nf5
57. Rc2 Nxh4 58. Rh2 Nf5 59. Rh8 Nd6+ 60. Ke3 g3 61. Kf3 Nf5
62. Re8+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg5 64. Rh8 e4+ 65. Ke2 Kf4 66. Bb6 e3
67. Rc8 Rd2+ 68. Kf1 g2+ 69. Kg1 Kf3 70. Rc1 Ng3 0-1

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "6.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nino Maisuradze"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Bc2 Ne5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rad1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Qe5 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Qh4 h5 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Ng3
Qg5 22. Qxh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 e5 24. Ng3 Bg4 25. Rd2 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Be4 b6 28. Bf5 Bd1 29. h4 a5 30. f3 a4
31. Bb1 Be7 32. Kf2 a3 33. b3 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6
7. bxa6 d5 8. g3 Bxa6 9. Bh3 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qa4+ Nbd7
12. Ng5 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. b3 Qc6 15. Nd2 d4 16. Ngf3 Ng6
17. Bg2 Qa6 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Ne1 Bd5 20. Nd3 Qb7 21. Bxd5 Qxd5
22. f3 Qh5 23. Nf2 Ra6 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Nf2 Qa8
27. a4 Rb8 28. Rab1 Nd5 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Rfc1 Qc7 31. Na3 Qe5
32. Nc4 Qf5 33. Nf2 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Nf8 35. a5 Nd7 36. Nd3 Bf6
37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Na3 Be7 39. Nc4 Bf6 40. Na3 Be7 41. Nc4 Bf6
42. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Johanna Paasikangas-Tella"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2
Bf5 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. O-O-O e6 9. h3 h5 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 O-O-O
12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. Bh4 Rhg8 15. Ng5 Nb6 16. g3 Bd6
17. f4 Nbd5 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5
f6 22. Nf3 Bg6 23. Ka1 Qd6 24. c4 Nc7 25. Rhe1 Bf7 26. Qe3
Rge8 27. Bc2 Qb4 28. Nd2 Rd7 29. a3 Qa5 30. Nb3 Qb6 31. Nc5
Rd6 32. Ne4 Rd7 33. c5 Qa5 34. Nd6+ Rxd6 35. cxd6 Nb5 36. g4
hxg4 37. hxg4 Nxd6 38. Bb3 g6 39. Rc1 Qb6 40. Rc5 Qc7 41. Rec1
Kb8 42. Ba4 Qd7 43. Qe1 Rd8 44. Qb4 Ka8 45. Rxc6 Ne4 46. Rc7
1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Gaponenko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Re8 11. Qf3 Rb8
12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nb5 d4 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qg4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd5
17. f3 Re5 18. Nxc7 Qa5 19. Nb5 Rbe8 20. Nxd4 Bd2 21. Qh4 Rh5
22. Qg4 Bc8 23. Nb3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bxg4 25. fxg4 Rxh3+ 26. gxh3
Qc6+ 27. Kh2 Re3 28. Rf2 Qd6+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Rg2 Re1+
31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Bf1 Be3+ 33. Kh2 Qxf1 0-1

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Almira Skripchenko"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 a6 8. a5 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. h3
Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Qc4 Nd7 15. Ne2 Rfe8 16. b4 Bf6 17. Rab1
Rac8 18. Rfe1 Ndf8 19. g3 Nd7 20. h4 h6 21. Kg2 Ndf8 22. Nh2
Be7 23. Red1 Nd7 24. Ng4 Nf6 25. Ne3 Bf8 26. Bc3 Nd4 27. Nxd4
exd4 28. Rxd4 c5 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 cxb4 31. Qxc7 Rxc7
32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Ree7 34. Rd2 Rc5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rb8
Rcc7 37. c3 h5 38. f3 Rxc3 39. R4xb7 Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Re5 41. Rxf7
Rxa5 42. Rbb7 Raa2 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. g4 hxg4+
46. Kxg4 a5 47. Rhc7 Rxc7 48. Rxc7 a4 49. Ra7 a3 50. Kf5 Ra1
51. f4 Kf8 52. e5 a2 53. Kf6 Kg8 54. f5 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O
Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nbd7
12. Bf4 Re8 13. Nbd2 b5 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8
17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "N Kordzadze"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3
Bc5 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. O-O Nc6
12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Rxg7 15. Nbd2 O-O-O 16. Ne4
Qe7 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Qh6 Rg6 19. Qxh7 Qd3 20. Qh8+ Nd8
21. Ng3 Bd5 22. Nh4 Re6 23. h3 Qd2 24. Nhf5 Re1+ 25. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Qe6 27. Qh4 Nc6 28. Qh8+ Nd8 29. Qf8 Bc6
30. Ne7+ Kd7 31. Nxc6 Nxc6 32. h4 Qf6 33. h5 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qf6
35. h6 Ne7 36. h7 Ng6 37. Qc5 Qxc3 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Kf8
40. Nf5 Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johanna Paasikangas-Tella"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. e3 d6
7. Nfd2 Nxg3 8. hxg3 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. c4 c5 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. Nc3 a6 13. Qe2 b6 14. d5 e5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Bd7 17. f4
gxf4 18. exf4 O-O-O 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. O-O-O Bxf5 21. gxf5 e4
22. Kb1 Rhe8 23. g4 Qf4 24. Rhg1 e3 25. Nc1 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+
27. Qd3 Qxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Re4 29. b3 e2 30. Re1 Rde8 31. Kc2 Bf6
32. Rd2 Rxg4 33. Rdxe2 Rxe2+ 34. Nxe2 Kd7 35. Kd3 h5 36. Rh1
h4 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kf3 Rg8 39. Rh3 Ke5 40. Rh1 Kxf5 41. Rh3
Ke5 42. Nf4 Rg1 43. Nh5 Bg5 44. Rh2 Kf5 45. Rf2 h3 46. Ng3+
Ke5 47. Ne2 Rh1 48. Ng3 Re1 49. Ne2 f5 50. Rh2 Rf1+ 51. Kg3
f4+ 52. Kg4 Be7 53. Rxh3 Rf2 54. Nc3 Rg2+ 55. Kf3 Rc2 56. Ne2
Rxa2 57. Rh5+ Kf6 58. Nxf4 b5 59. Rh6+ Kf5 60. Rh5+ Kf6
61. Rh6+ Kf5 62. cxb5 axb5 63. Rb6 c4 64. bxc4 bxc4 65. Ne2
Ra3+ 66. Kg2 Bf6 67. Rc6 c3 68. d6 Ra2 69. Kf3 c2 70. Ng3+ Ke6
71. Ne4 Be5 72. Ke3 Kd7 73. Rc7+ Kd8 74. Rc4 Kd7 75. Kd3 Bxd6
76. Nxd6 Kxd6 77. Rxc2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "3.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Bd2
Qd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. b5
Nd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qf3 Ne8 22. d4
Kh8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bb4 Rg8 25. Ne7 Ne6 26. Qxf7 Nf8
27. Rad1 Qg4 28. Nxg8 Ng6 29. Ne7 Nf6 30. f3 Qg5 31. Nxg6+
Bxg6 32. Qxb7 Re8 33. Bd2 Qh4 34. Qxa7 Nh5 35. Qf2 Qf6 36. b6
1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Cecile Haussernot"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3
Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 d4 10. exf6 dxe3 11. O-O
exf2+ 12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxf6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rxf2 Qh6
16. Qe2 f5 17. Bc4 Rb8 18. Qe5 Rb7 19. Rxf5 Rxf5 20. Qxf5 Qf6
21. Qe4 Rf7 22. Qxc6 Rf8 23. h3 Qe5 24. Rd1 h6 25. a4 Kh8
26. Bb3 Qe2 27. Qd6 Rf5 28. Rd2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Bc4 Bb7
31. Bd3 Be4 32. Re2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Rf2 34. Bf1 Rxf1 35. Qxe6
Bxc2 36. Qe2 Rc1 37. Qd2 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tatiana Dornbusch"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Nc5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qxd8 Bxd8 11. Bxd8
Rxd8 12. Rad1 Rxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Nb5 Bg4 15. Nxc7 Rc8
16. Nd5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Kf8 18. c3 Ne5 19. Be2 Na4 20. f4 Ng6
21. Rd4 Nc5 22. Rc4 Rc6 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 b5
26. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anastasia Savina"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. O-O-O+ Ke7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. f3
c6 12. Nb1 b5 13. c3 Bd6 14. g4 Rhf8 15. Nd2 a5 16. Ng3 Bc5
17. Bxc5+ Nxc5 18. Kc2 a4 19. h4 Rad8 20. g5 Nfd7 21. Rdf1 Nb6
22. Rh2 Nd3 23. Nh1 Rf4 24. Nf2 Nxf2 25. Rfxf2 Rdf8 26. Kd3 h5
27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Ke2 Rg8 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 Na5
32. Nd2 Nb7 33. h5 Nc5 34. Rf1 Rg5 35. Ra1 Rf7 36. Ra8 Kf6
37. Rc8 Ra7 38. Rxc6 Nd7 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. Rc6 Ra2 41. Ke3 Rg1
42. c4 bxc4 43. Rxc4 Re1+ 44. Re2 Rh1 45. Rc7 Rxh5 46. Nc4
Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Kd8 49. Ra7 h5 50. b4 h4 51. b5 h3
52. b6 Nxb6 53. Nxb6 Rb2 54. Nc4 h2 55. Rh7 Rc2 56. Nxe5 Ke8
57. Ng4 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd3 Bd7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qg3 h6 11. Qh3 Qa5
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kb1 h5 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 b4
17. Ne2 Qc5 18. f5 e5 19. g4 a5 20. Bd5 Rc8 21. c4 Bg7 22. Ng3
hxg4 23. Qxg4 Bf8 24. Nh5 Ke7 25. Bxf7 Qe3 26. Bd5 Be8 27. Ng7
Bf7 28. Ne6 Bh6 29. Rhe1 Qf2 30. Re2 Qb6 31. Qf3 a4 32. Rg2 b3
33. a3 Rcg8 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Qf1 Be3 36. h4 Rg1 37. Qe2 Rxd1+
38. Qxd1 Bh6 39. c5 dxc5 40. Bc4 Bxe6 41. fxe6 Qb7 42. Bd5 Qb5
43. Qf3 c4 44. Qe2 Qc5 45. Qd1 c3 46. bxc3 Qxc3 47. Bb7 Bd2
48. Bd5 Qd3+ 49. Ka1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d5 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nd2 Nf6
17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf6 21. Rab1
Rfe8 22. Qf3 Bd4 23. b3 Rad8 24. Re1 Qa5 25. Re2 Re6 26. Rxe6
fxe6 27. Qe2 e5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxa2 30. Qe6+ Kh8
31. Rc1 Rf8 32. Qe3 Rf5 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe3 Qb2 35. Rxc5 Rxc5
36. Qxc5 Qxb3 37. Qxa7 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. f3 Qe2+ 40. Qf2
Qc4 41. Qd2 Kg8 42. Qe3 Qc6 43. Qd3 Qb6 44. h4 Qb2+ 45. Kh3
Qa2 46. Qe4 Kh8 47. Kg4 Qf7 48. Qa8+ Kh7 49. Qc6 Qb3 50. Kf4
Qf7+ 51. Ke3 Qb3+ 52. Ke4 Qb1+ 53. Kf4 Qa1 54. Qe6 Kh8 55. Kg4
Qd4+ 56. Kh3 Qd8 57. f4 Qd1 58. Qe4 h5 59. Kg2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3
Qd1+ 61. Qe2 Qd5+ 62. Kf2 Qd4+ 63. Qe3 Qb2+ 64. Kf3 Qb7+
65. Ke2 Qb2+ 66. Kd3 Qb1+ 67. Kd4 Qb6+ 68. Ke4 Qe6+ 69. Kf3
Qd5+ 70. Qe4 Qd1+ 71. Kf2 Qd2+ 72. Qe2 Qd4+ 73. Kg2 Qd5+
74. Qf3 Qa2+ 75. Kh3 Qe6+ 76. f5 Qf7 77. Qa8+ Kh7 78. Qe4 Kh8
79. Kg2 Qa2+ 80. Kf3 Qa3+ 81. Qe3 Qa8+ 82. Kf4 Qd8 83. Qc3 Qd1
84. Ke5 Qe2+ 85. Kd6 Qa6+ 86. Ke7 Qb7+ 87. Ke6 Qe4+ 88. Kd6
Qxf5 89. Qe5 Qd3+ 90. Ke7 Qa3+ 91. Kf7 Qf3+ 92. Kg6 Qg4+
93. Qg5 Qe6+ 94. Kxh5 Kh7 0-1

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6
12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ncd2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Nb3
Qe7 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb5 Qa7 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Rd5 Rd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Rd1 Re6 24. Rd5 Kh7 25. Qd3 Qb6
26. Rb5 Qc7 27. Qd5 Re7 28. Nd2 Na7 29. Rxa5 Nc6 30. Rb5 Qd7
31. h3 f5 32. exf5 Qxf5 33. Qe4 g6 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Rd5 Re6
36. Nc4 e4 37. Rxd6 Re7 38. Kf1 Rc7 39. Ne3 f4 40. Nd5 Rf7
41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nxe4 Ne5 43. Rd5 Nc4 44. b3 Nb6 45. Rd4 f3
46. gxf3 Rxf3 47. Kg2 Rf7 48. Nd6 Rc7 49. c4 Rc5 50. Ne4 Re5
51. f4 Re7 52. Kf3 Nd7 53. Nd6 Kg6 54. Nxb7 Nf6 55. Nd6 Re1
56. b4 Rb1 57. b5 Rb3+ 58. Ke2 Nh5 59. a5 Ng3+ 60. Kd2 Ra3
61. a6 Nf1+ 62. Kc2 Ne3+ 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Rd3 1-0

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5
12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. c4 Nc5 15. Qb1 Ne6 16. Qxb7 Qb6
17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be3 Ra4 19. Rfc1 Rfa8 20. Rc2 f6 21. g3 Kf7
22. Kg2 R8a6 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 25. Nd4 Be5 26. Rd1 Rxa2
27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Nc6 Bd6 29. Rb1 Na4 30. Rb3 Ra3 31. Rb5 Rd3
32. Bxb6 Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Rxd5 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. Rd7 Rd2 36. Ne7+
Kf7 37. Nc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Inna Gaponenko"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. Bc4 Qc7
17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 Red8 19. Qf2 Rd7 20. h5 g5 21. g4 Rb8
22. Rd3 Nf4 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Bxe6
Nxe6 27. Ba3 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Nd4 29. Nc5 Qa7 30. Qe3 Bf8
31. Qxe5 Nxf3 32. Qf5 Nd4 33. Qe5 Bg7 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+
Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Nd7 Ne6 38. c3 Qg1+ 39. Kc2 Qg2+ 40. Kb1
Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Qc4+ 42. Ka1 Qf1+ 43. Ka2 Qc4+ 44. Kb1 Qd3+
45. Ka1 Qf1+ 46. Ka2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EUR Women Blitz"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.10.23"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Re1 d6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. c4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Nd2 b6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bf6
17. Bb1 g6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. h3 Kg7 21. Qb2 e5
22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Re3 Nd7 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. b4 Ne6 26. Rc3 Qb8
27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Bc2 Rc8 29. Rcd3 Red8 30. Bb3 Nf4 31. R3d2 a5
32. a3 Ne6 33. Kh2 Kg8 34. g3 Kg7 35. Rd3 Qc7 36. h4 Qb7
37. Re1 axb4 38. axb4 Ra8 39. h5 Qe7 40. Kg2 b5 41. cxb5 Bxb5
42. Rc3 Qa7 43. Qd2 Nd4 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Nxd4 Qxd4 46. Qxd4
exd4 47. Rc7 Rf8 48. Bc4 Rab8 49. Rd1 Ba4 50. Rxd4 Rxb4
51. Rxd6 Bb3 52. Bxb3 Rxb3 53. e5 Kg8 54. e6 Rbb8 55. exf7+
Kg7 56. Rcc6 Rxf7 57. Rxg6+ Kf8 58. Rcf6 Ke7 59. Rxf7+ Kxf7
60. Rg4 Kf6 61. Ra4 Rb3 62. f3 Kg5 63. Ra5+ Kg6 64. g4 Rb4
65. Kg3 Rc4 66. Ra6+ Kg7 67. f4 Rb4 68. g5 Rb5 69. Kg4 Rb1
70. Ra7+ Kg8 71. f5 Rf1 72. f6 Rf2 73. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Noel Bedini"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
d6 7. c4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Rc1 Rb8
12. b3 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 Kh7 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxd3
17. Qxd3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Ne2 a5 20. a4 Qb6 21. Rb1 f5
22. Be3 c5 23. Nf4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf5 25. Qe6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Bf6
27. Nf4 e6 28. Bd2 Be5 29. Nd3 Bd4 30. Nf4 Rf8 31. Re2 Rbe8
32. Rbe1 e5 33. Nd5 Qxb3 34. Nc7 Re7 35. Nd5 Ref7 36. Rf1 Qxc4
37. Nb6 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Francesco Claudio Agnello"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 Kh8 16. Rad1 f5
17. Bf3 f4 18. Qe2 Ra7 19. b3 Raf7 20. Rd3 Nb8 21. Rfd1 Na6
22. Ne1 Nc5 23. R3d2 Be6 24. Ra1 g6 25. Qd1 h5 26. a3 bxa3
27. Rxa3 Bh4 28. Rda2 Nb7 29. Nc3 Qb6 30. Nb5 Kh7 31. Rd2 Rd8
32. Bxh5 Kg7 33. Bg4 Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Be7 35. Ra1 Rh8 36. Qf3 Nc5
37. Rad1 Nb7 38. Nc2 Rh4 39. Nca3 g5 40. h3 Qd8 41. Kf1 Qh8
42. Nb1 Kf6 43. N1c3 Rg7 44. Nd5+ Kf7 45. Nxe7 Kxe7 46. Nxd6
Nxd6 47. Rxd6 g4 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Qd3 gxh3 50. Qd6+ Kg5
51. Qxe5+ Kh6 52. R1d6+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Albert Tomasi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. f4 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. O-O-O g5 11. fxg5 Nd7
12. Nf3 Nde5 13. Be2 Nxf3 14. gxf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. h4
gxh4 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. f5 Qc7 20. f6 Bf8 21. Rxh4
Rxh4 22. Bxh4 O-O-O 23. Kb1 Ne5 24. Bg5 Bc6 25. Qg3 Nd7
26. Bh5 Nc5 27. Qe1 Rd7 28. Bf4 Qd8 29. Bg5 Qb6 30. b3 Qb4
31. Nd5 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 exd5 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Re8+ Rd8 35. Bxf7
Bxf7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ezra Kirk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. f3
f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. g4 Bd7 15. Be3 b6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. a3 a4
18. Kg2 Rf7 19. Ndb5 Ne5 20. f4 Bc6+ 21. Kg3 Ned7 22. Bf3 Bxf3
23. Rxf3 Nf6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qe2 Qc8 26. h3 Rxc4 27. Rd1 Qc6
28. Na7 Qc5 29. Qe6 Qc7 30. Nab5 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Re3
Nd7 33. Rde1 Kf8 34. Re4 Nc5 35. Rc4 e5 36. Nxd6 exf4+ 37. Kf3
Rd8 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Rxf4+ Kg8 40. Rd1 Re8 41. Nxa4 Ne6
42. Rb4 Rf8+ 43. Kg2 Nf4+ 44. Rxf4 Rxf4 45. Nxb6 Bxb2 46. a4
Bc3 47. Nd5 Rc4 48. Rc1 Rxa4 49. Nxc3 Rc4 50. Ne2 Re4 51. Kf3
Ra4 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. Nc3 Ra3 55. h4 Rb3 56. g5
Rb4 57. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harutyun Barseghyan"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 Rb8 10. Be3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1
Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Qc8 16. g4 Rd8 17. Qf2 c5
18. f5 Nxe5 19. g5 Ng4 20. Qg3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 exf5 22. exf5
Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Bf8 25. f6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Re8
27. Qf4 Qe6 28. Nd5 Qe2 29. Rf1 g6 30. h3 Qxb2 31. Qf3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5
7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. O-O Qc5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rae1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qe7
17. Ne2 Nhf6 18. b4 Ne8 19. g4 b6 20. Ng3 Bb7 21. a3 Rd8
22. Qe2 c5 23. c3 Nc7 24. Qe3 b5 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. h4 a6 27. h5
Ne6 28. Ne2 g5 29. Bc2 Nf4 30. Ng3 Rc8 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. Rd1
Rfd8 33. Rd6 Qe8 34. Rgd1 Bf8 35. R6d2 Qe6 36. Bb1 Qe8 37. Nd6
Bxd6 38. Rxd6 cxb4 39. cxb4 Nf6 40. Bxf4 Nxg4 41. Qb6 Rxd6
42. Rxd6 gxf4 43. Qxb7 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rxb1 45. Rd7 Kg7 46. Nh4
Rb2 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Re7 Rxf2+ 49. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Zubov"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6
7. bxa6 Bxa6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. b3 Be4
17. Qd1 d5 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. e4 h6 20. Bh4 dxe4 21. Nc4 Qc7
22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Ne3 Qe5 25. Bh3 Rfd8 26. Rad1
Rd4 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. a4 Rd3 29. Rxd3 exd3 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Bf5
Bxf5 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Nxf5 Bf8 34. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Gabriel Battaglini"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 h6
12. Be3 Nce4 13. h3 Re8 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nfd4 Qd7
17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qf5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Nd4 Qd7
22. Ne2 Qa4 23. Qb1 Qc6 24. Rd4 Nd6 25. b3 Nfe4 26. Rd3 Nf5
27. Rfd1 Nf6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Ne4 30. Qb2 Rc8 31. Rf3 Re6
32. Re3 Rce8 33. Rde1 Nd6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Be5
Nf7 37. Qe2 Nxe5 38. Qxe5 a5 39. g4 a4 40. Qd4 axb3 41. axb3
Qb5 42. Qe5 Qxb3 43. Qxe6+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7
46. Kg2 b5 47. h4 Qc4 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. g5 Qe4+
51. Qxe4+ dxe4 52. Kg3 hxg5 53. hxg5 Kg6 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Kf5
Kh4 56. g6 Kh5 57. Kxe4 Kxg6 58. Kd5 Kf5 59. Kc5 Kf4 60. Kxb5
Kf3 61. c4 Kxf2 62. c5 g5 63. c6 g4 64. c7 g3 65. c8=Q g2
66. Qf5+ Ke2 67. Qe4+ Kf2 68. Qf4+ Ke1 69. Qe3+ Kf1 70. Qf3+
Kg1 71. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola Blitz"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Be3 Na5 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Nac4 15. Bc1 Rc8 16. Nbd2 e5
17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. b3 Nb6 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Rad1
Qc7 22. c4 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bb2 Re8 25. h3 Nd7 26. Nd2
b5 27. Rc1 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Qc6 29. Qe2 Qe6 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. Rd6
Qf5 32. Rd5 Qb1+ 33. Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1 e4 35. Bxg7 Kxg7
36. Rd5 Na6 37. Rd7 Nc5 38. Rxa7 g5 39. Nd6 Re6 40. Nxf7 Kg6
41. b4 Nd3 42. b5 Rf6 43. Nh8+ Kh5 44. Rf7 Rd6 45. Rf5 Nc1
46. a4 Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Rd1 48. g4+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joanna Worek"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 a6
7. a4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Nbd2 Bg6
12. a5 Nd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. c3 Kh8 15. Bc4 h6 16. b4 f5 17. Ng3
f4 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxb4 21. Qb3 Bd6 22. Re1
Rb8 23. Nh2 Bh5 24. Ba3 f3 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Bd5 fxg2 27. Bxg2
Bg6 28. c4 Nh5 29. d4 Nf4 30. Qg3 Bd3 31. Kh1 Bxc4 32. Be4 Be6
33. Ng4 Qg5 34. Bg2 h5 35. Nh2 Qf6 36. Rad1 h4 37. Qf3 Bd5
38. Re4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Nxg2 40. Qxg2 Qxf2 41. Qd5 Qf5 42. Qg2
Rbe8 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. h3 Be5
17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Be8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1
Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. Qd2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Ne5 25. Qd4 Nc6 26. Qc5
Nd7 27. Qe3 Nce5 28. Qd4 Nc6 29. Qe3 Nce5 30. Nd2 Qc5 31. Nde4
Qxe3 32. fxe3 Nf6 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. b4 Bc6
36. Nc5 Nd7 37. Nb3 f5 38. Na5 Be4 39. c5 Ne5 40. a3 Kf6
41. Kh2 Ke7 42. Kg3 f6 43. Be2 Kd7 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. g3 Kc7
46. Ke1 Bg2 47. h4 Bf3 48. Bf1 Ng4 49. Bc4 e5 50. Bg8 Nxe3
51. Kf2 Bd5 52. Bxh7 f4 53. gxf4 exf4 54. Bd3 Ng4+ 55. Kf1 f5
56. a4 f3 57. h5 Bf7 58. Nc4 Bxh5 59. Bxf5 Bf7 60. Bxg4 Bxc4+
61. Kf2 Bb3 62. b5 Bxa4 63. bxa6 bxa6 64. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. e3 Bb4 11. Bd3 Nh5
12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 f5 16. Rac1 Bd6
17. Qb1 O-O 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. a3 Be8 20. Nd2 Bh5 21. b4 Qe7
22. Nb3 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Nb8 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Nd7 26. Rc1
Nf6 27. Nc5 Rc8 28. Qb2 Rc7 29. Rc2 Qe8 30. Qc1 Qc8 31. Bd3
Kf7 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Kg1 b6 34. Ba6 Qb8 35. Nd3 Rxc2 36. Qxc2
Qc7 37. Qxc7+ Bxc7 38. Kf1 Ne4 39. Ke1 g5 40. Ne5 Bxe5
41. dxe5 g4 42. Ke2 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Ne4 44. Ke2 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sabrina Vega Gutierrez"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. b4 Kh8
17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Qh3 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
exd4 22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qg4 Bd6 24. Qxd4+ Kg8 25. Qh4 Rfe8
26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. c4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qe7 29. g3 Qe5 30. Kg1 Re7
31. Qf4 Qxd5 32. Bc4 Bxf4 33. Bxd5 Be5 34. Bc4 Ra7 35. Rd1 Bb2
36. a4 Bc3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Be5 39. Rd8 Bc3 40. b5 axb5
41. axb5 Ba5 42. Rd6 Kf8 43. Bd5 Ke7 44. Rc6 Rd7 45. Ra6 Rxd5
46. Rxa5 Rd2 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Monika (Bobrowska) Socko"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 a6 8. Bf4 b5 9. e3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Be2 d5 12. O-O
dxc4 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxc4 Ra7 16. Bd6 Bxd6
17. Nxd6 Ba8 18. e4 Qc7 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nc5 Bc6
22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Nc8 Qc7 26. Nxa7
Qxa7 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Rac1 Nxe4 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. Bf5 Nf6 31. h3
g6 32. Re1 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 gxf5 35. Qxb8+ Kg7
36. Qa7+ Bd7 37. Qxa6 Re6 38. Qa5 Re2 39. Qc3 f4 40. Qd4 Re4
41. Qd6 Kf7 42. f3 Rc4 43. b3 Rc3 44. Qb4 Re3 45. Qc4+ Be6
46. Qc7+ Kg6 47. Qxf4 Rxb3 48. Qe5 Bd5 49. Qg3+ Kf7 50. Qc7+
Kg6 51. Qg3+ Kf7 52. Qc7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Marina Brunello"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. f3 Nc5
12. Ba2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. Rab1 Bb7 19. Qf2 Rfc8 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qh3 Nf6
22. Nce2 a5 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. Nbc3 Qc7 25. Nf4 Ba8 26. Kh1 Re8
27. Rd2 Bf8 28. Qh4 Ncd7 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qf1 Qc6 31. Bb3 Rb4
32. Rd4 Nfd7 33. Ba4 Qb7 34. Nb5 Rc8 35. c3 Rxd4 36. cxd4 Nc4
37. Bc1 Ncb6 38. Bb3 a4 39. Ba2 Qa6 40. Bd2 e5 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7
42. Nxd6+ Bxd6 43. Qxa6 exf4 44. Ba5 Rb8 45. Rc1 g6 46. h4 h5
47. Qb5 Ke6 48. Qg5 Nf8 49. Bxb6 Rxb6 50. Qd8 Rb8 51. d5+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 a5 10. b3 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. g3
Bh3 13. Re1 f5 14. Bb2 Qe8 15. b4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2
axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 e3 20. fxe3 Bg5 21. Qd3 Nf6
22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Qe2 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Qg2 Bh3 26. Qe2 Qg6
27. Rc1 h5 28. Kh1 Bg4 29. Qe1 Qh6 30. Rc3 h4 31. Kg1 Bh3
32. Bb2 Qh5 33. Bc1 Qg4 34. b5 b6 35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36. Qxf1 Bxf1
37. Nxf1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elina Danielian"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c5
7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bxc5 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Rd1 Qb4 15. a3 Qb6 16. Bxg4 Nxg4
17. O-O Rac8 18. Qe2 Qg6 19. Qf3 f5 20. Nd5 Rce8 21. b4 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nf4 Qh6 24. h3 Ne5 25. Qg3 Qc6 26. Rfe1 Nc4
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rd5 Nd2 29. Rxd2 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qxd2 31. Nh5
Qd4 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Qf3 g6 34. Nf4 Re4 35. g3 Re1 36. Ng2 Rc1
37. Qe2 Qd1 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxe5 Qf6 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nbd2 Bg4
12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Ne5 Bxd1 14. Nxg6 Bxc2 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. Be3
Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxd3 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Nxb7 a6 20. Bc5 Nd7
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rec1 Nf6 23. Rxc7 Ne4 24. Re1 Re8 25. f3 Nf6
26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Rc8 Ke7 28. Kf2 Nf6 29. Nc5 Kd6 30. Ke3
Nd5+ 31. Kd4 Nf4 32. Ne4+ Kd7 33. Rc2 f5 34. Nc3 Bf1 35. Ke3
Nxg2+ 36. Kf2 Bd3 37. Rd2 Nf4 38. h4 Ke6 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. Rxd3
Nxd3 41. Kxd3 Kf4 42. Ke2 g5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Nd5 h5 45. Kf2
f4 46. b4 Kf5 47. Nc7 Ke5 48. Nxa6 h4 49. Nc5 h3 50. Nd3+ 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e5 d5 6. exf6
dxc4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 Qd5 10. O-O Rxg7 11. Bf6
Rg6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Rd1 d3 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nxd5 Nxe2+ 16. Kf1
Bxd5 17. cxd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 cxd3 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Qa4+ Nc6
7. a3 exd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Be2 Ba5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qxc4 Be6
12. Qd3 Qd7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Qb5 Bc2
17. Rc1 a6 18. Qg5 Qf5 19. Qh4 Bb3 20. Nb1 Bd5 21. Nc3 Bb3
22. Nb1 Rfe8 23. Nbd2 Bd5 24. Bd1 h6 25. Bc2 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Nxg4
27. Bf4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxc7 Nxf2 30. Bxd8 Nd3+ 31. Kh1
Nxc1 32. Ba5 Re2 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. Nxe4 Nd3 35. Rd1 Rxe4
36. Rxd3 b6 37. Bb4 Bxb2 38. g3 a5 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Bf8 Re3
41. Rb8 Bxa3 42. Bxa3 Rxa3 43. Rxb6 Ra2 44. Ra6 f6 45. Ra7 Kg6
46. Kg1 f5 47. h4 Kf6 48. Kf1 f4 49. gxf4 Ra4 50. Ra6+ Kf5
51. Kg2 Kxf4 52. Rg6 Kf5 53. Ra6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tan Zhongyi"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3
Qe7+ 7. Be2 dxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Bg4
12. Na4 cxd5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bxb5
Be6 17. Qb2 Nbd7 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Bc6 Rac8 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Rfc1
Bd5 22. Rc7 Qg6 23. Qb1 Qg4 24. h3 Qa4 25. Nd4 Qa5 26. Bf4 Be4
27. Nc6 Qa4 28. Qd1 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Qxf4 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7
Rfd8 32. Qxa7 Rbc8 33. Qa4 Qf6 34. Rc1 g6 35. Rc2 Rd1+ 36. Kh2
Qe5+ 37. f4 Qe3 38. Qe4 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 Re1 40. Re2 Rc1 41. Bb7
R1c3+ 42. Kh4 Rf8 43. Bd5 Qb6 44. Qe7 Qd4 45. Qe5 Qb4 46. Qf6
Rc7 47. Kg5 Qc3 48. Qxc3 Rxc3 49. Kf6 Ra3 50. Re7 Ra6+ 51. Ke5
Kg7 52. f5 Rf6 53. g4 gxf5 54. gxf5 Rh6 55. Bg2 Rh4 56. f6+
Kh6 57. Bd5 Rxh3 58. Bxf7 Re3+ 59. Kd4 Rf3 60. Ke5 Kg5 61. Bb3
Re3+ 62. Kd4 Rxe7 63. fxe7 Re8 64. a4 Rxe7 65. Kc5 h5 66. Kb6
Re3 67. Bd5 Rd3 68. Bg2 Rb3+ 69. Kc6 Ra3 70. Kb5 h4 71. a5 Ra2
72. Bh1 Ra1 73. Bg2 Ra2 74. Bh1 h3 75. a6 Ra1 76. Ba8 h2
77. Kb6 Rb1+ 78. Kc7 Rc1+ 79. Kb6 Rb1+ 80. Kc7 Ra1 81. Kb6 Kf4
82. a7 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6
7. Na3 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 Bxc5
12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Bf3 f6 14. a4 Kf7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Rd1 Rhd8
17. Bd2 Nce7 18. Na5 b6 19. Nb3 Nf5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. a5 c4
22. Bc1 a6 23. Ra4 Rc5 24. g4 Nd6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Kd2 Nb7
27. Kc2 Rxa5 28. Rb4 Rb5 29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Be3 Ke6 31. Ra1 Nd6
32. Ra6 g5 33. f4 gxf4 34. Bxf4 Ke7 35. Rb6 Rd7 36. Kd2 Ne4+
37. Ke3 Nc5 38. Rxb5 Nd3 39. Bg3 Ne5 40. g5 Ng6 41. gxf6+ Kxf6
42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. Rd6 Rxd6 45. Bxd6 Ke6 46. Bh2 Nh4
47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Bg3 Ng6 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Bh2 Ne7 51. Ke3 Nc6
52. Bc7 Ne7 53. Bh2 Nc6 54. Bc7 Ne7 55. Ke4 Ke5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. Rad1
Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rd3 a5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Rb1 Qc8
17. h4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 b5 19. Ba2 f6 20. Bg3 Kh8 21. Re3 e5
22. dxe5 Bf5 23. Re1 Bg4 24. f3 Bh5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. axb5
cxb5 27. Qxb5 Be8 28. Qe2 Bd7 29. h5 Qc5 30. Qd2 Rfd8 31. Qd5
Rac8 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Rd1 Rcc8 34. Be5 Re8 35. Bxf6 Rxe3
36. Bd4 Re2 37. h6 Rxa2 38. Bxg7+ Kg8 39. Rxd7 Rc6 40. Rd5 Rg6
41. Rf5 Rgxg2+ 42. Kf1 Rgf2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 Rgf2+
45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Rapid, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e5 d5 6. exf6
dxc4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Qe4
Nc6 12. Qxh7 Kd7 13. Nbd2 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qxg7 15. Nc5+ Ke7
16. Qh4+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. g3 e5 20. Nd2 b5
21. O-O Ke6 22. f4 Raf8 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Ng4 25. a4 Kd5
26. Nd2 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Nf1 d3 30. cxd3
cxd3 31. b4 Ne5 32. h4 Kd4 33. Kg2 Nc4 34. Ra7 Rf7 35. Ra8 Kc3
36. Rd8 Nd6 37. h5 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Ushenina"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. O-O f5 15. Qg3 Kf7 16. f4 e4
17. Be3 Be7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Be5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rab1
Rhf8 22. d6 Be6 23. Bxf6 Kxf6 24. Qg5+ Kf7 25. Qe7+ Kg8
26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rfd1 Qf2 28. d7 Rcd8 29. Qe7 Kg8 30. Qe5 h5
31. Nd5 Kh7 32. Ne7 Rf6 33. Nxf5 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rxd7 35. Qxe4 h4
36. Ne7 Rxe7 37. Qxe7 h3 38. Qe4 Kh6 39. g4 Rd6 40. Rg3 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d3 a5 10. a3 Ra7 11. Nbd2 Nd7
12. Qc2 Qa8 13. Nc4 N5f6 14. e4 Nc5 15. Nfe5 Rd8 16. Rad1 b5
17. Nxa5 Rxa5 18. b4 Rxa3 19. bxc5 Ra4 20. c6 Ba6 21. Ra1 Qb8
22. Bc3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 b4 24. Rxa6 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qb5 26. Ra7
Bc5 27. Rb7 Bb6 28. Bf1 Qa6 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 Qa2 31. Rxb6
cxb6 32. d4 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Nf6 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Bd3 Qd5 36. Ba6
Rc7 37. Bb7 b5 38. Qxd5 Nxd5 39. Nd3 b4 40. Nc5 Kf8 41. Kf1 f5
42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kd3 f4 44. Na6 Re7 45. Kc4 fxg3 46. fxg3 Ke8
47. Nxb4 Nxb4 48. Kxb4 Kd8 49. Kc5 Kc7 50. Ba6 Rf7 51. Bc4
Rf5+ 52. d5 exd5 53. Bxd5 Rf1 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Be4 Rg1 56. Bg6
Rxg3 57. Bxh5 Rh3 58. Be8 Rxh4+ 59. Ke3 Rh8 60. Bd7 Rf8
61. Ke4 g6 62. Ke3 g5 63. Ke4 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rc4 65. Kf3 Ke5
66. Kg3 Kf6 67. Kf3 Kg6 68. Kg3 Kf6 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Kg3 Kd6
71. Kf3 Rf4+ 72. Kg3 Ke7 73. Kg2 Rc4 74. Kg3 Rc3+ 75. Kg4 Kf6
76. Be8 Rc4+ 77. Kg3 g4 78. Kh4 Kf5 79. Bd7+ Kf4 80. Bxg4 Rxc6
81. Kh5 Rc5+ 82. Kh4 Rc7 83. Kh5 Rc5+ 84. Kh4 Rc1 85. Kh3 Rc3+
86. Kh4 Rb3 87. Kh5 Rb5+ 88. Kh4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. h3 Bd6 6. c4 Bb4+
7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. cxd5 hxg5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb5 O-O
12. O-O g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qf6 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rab8 20. Rab1 Rfd8
21. Rfe1 Kf8 22. a4 Rb6 23. a5 Rb5 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. Re5 c6
26. Rc5 Rd6 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxb5 a6 29. Rb7 Rc6 30. Ra7 g6
31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kg3 g5 33. Rd7 Rc5 34. Rd6 Rxa5 35. Kg4 Rc5
36. Rxa6 Rxc3 37. Rd6 Rd3 38. Kxg5 Rd2 39. f4 Rxf2 40. Rxd5
Rg2+ 41. Kf5 Rg6 42. Rd7 Rf6+ 43. Kg5 Rg6+ 44. Kf5 Rf6+
45. Kg5 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Nc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Qb2 Ba3 15. Qb1 h6 16. Qe4 f5
17. Qa4 a6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Nb4
22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qd3 Be4 26. Qe3
Bc5 27. Qd2 Qa7 28. e3 Qb7 29. Ne1 Bxg2 30. Nxg2 Be7 31. Qe2
Qe4 32. Ne1 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Qg6+
36. Qxg6+ Kxg6 37. exf4 Kf5 38. Ng2 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Kf1
Bc7 41. Ke2 Bxf4 42. h3 Bc7 43. Kd3 h5 44. f3 Bb6 45. Kc3 Bc5
46. a4 Ke5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Nh4+ Kg5
51. Ng2 Kf5 52. Nh4+ Ke5 53. Ng2 Bc5+ 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. Kc3 Bc5
56. Kd3 Be7 57. Kc3 Kd5 58. Kd3 Bg5 59. Kc3 Kc5 60. Kd3 Kb4
61. Kc2 e5 62. Ne1 Bf4 63. Nd3+ Ka3 64. Nc5 Kb4 65. Nd3+ Ka3
66. Nc5 Kb4 67. Nd3+ Ka3 68. Nc5 Kb4 69. Nd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+
Be6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe7 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Qxe6+ fxe6 11. Nc3
a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4
h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. h4 Bxg3 20. fxg3 gxh4 21. gxh4
Rd5 22. Rg4+ Kf7 23. Rf1 Rf5 24. Re4 Rg8 25. Kh2 Ke7 26. Rc1
Kd6 27. Ne5 Rf2 28. Nxc6 Rgxg2+ 29. Kh3 bxc6 30. Rce1 Rh2+
31. Kg3 Rhg2+ 32. Kh3 Rg6 33. R1e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Kd5 35. Rc2
Kxd4 36. Rxc6 Kd5 37. Rxa6 c6 38. Ra5+ Ke4 39. Rc5 e5 40. a4
Kd4 41. Rc1 c5 42. Rd1+ Kc4 43. Re1 Kd4 44. Rd1+ Kc4 45. Re1
Kd5 46. Rd1+ Kc4 47. Re1 Kd5 48. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. a5 Kh8 10. Re1 f6 11. Qb3 Nde7
12. Nbd2 Ba7 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nf5
17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. b4 Nd5 20. Rf3 Bg6 21. Rd1 Nf4
22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Qd2 Rbd8 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. Rg3 Nd5
27. Qf3 Bf7 28. Qg4 g6 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Rh3 h5 31. Rg3 Nf4
32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Ne4 Nxd3 34. Rf3 Nf4 35. g3 Qxe4 36. Rfe3
Qg2# 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Tan Zhongyi"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5
12. h4 h5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Rhe1 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bf5
17. Re3 Rfc8 18. Ne1 dxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Rb3 Rxb3 21. axb3
Qxb3 22. Nd3 Qb5 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Qf4 Qc4 25. Ne1 Qa2+ 26. Kc1
Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Ke2 Qb5+ 29. Kd2 Rc4 30. Nd3 Qa5+
31. Kc1 Bf5 32. Ne1 Ra4 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. a3 Rc8 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 14. a4 Nd7 15. a5 e5 16. Be3 Nc5
17. axb6 axb6 18. c4 Ne6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Nb1 Nc5 21. Bc2 f5
22. exf5 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Nd2 Qb7 25. Qh3 e4 26. Bd1 Bf6
27. Rb1 Nd3 28. Be2 Rc3 29. b4 Nf4 30. Qg4 Nxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Rfc8
32. Rfd1 Ba2 33. Ra1 Rc2 34. Qg4 Bxa1 35. Rxa1 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 37. Nf1 Rc4 38. h3 Qd7 39. Ng3 Rxb4 40. Kh2 Qd6 41. Qh5
Qf8 42. h4 Bf7 43. Qg5 h6 44. Qf4 Bg8 45. Nh5 Qf7 46. Qg4 Rc4
47. f6 gxf6 48. Bxh6 f5 49. Bg7+ Kh7 50. Qg5 Qg6 51. Qe7 Bf7
52. g4 fxg4 53. Bf8 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Anna Muzychuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. d6 Bd8 16. Be3 Qa5+
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nc3 Qd4 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. Rfe1+
Be6 22. Nb5 Bb6 23. Nc7+ Bxc7 24. dxc7 Kd7 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bxg5
Kxc7 27. Bf6 Rhg8 28. Rac1+ Kd7 29. Red1 Bxa2 30. Rxd4+ Ke6
31. Bh4 Rac8 32. Re1+ Kf5 33. Bg3 Rge8 34. Ra1 Be6 35. h4 Kg6
36. Rxa7 b5 37. Ra5 Rc4 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Ra3 Rc8 40. Kh2 Rc1
41. Re3 Rb1 42. Ree2 Bc4 43. Rd6+ Be6 44. Rdd2 Bc4 45. Rd6+
Be6 46. Re5 R1xb2 47. Rg5+ Kh6 48. Rb6 Rb1 49. Rf5 Kg6
50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Rf5 Kg6 52. Rg5+ Kh6 53. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.£¶"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Re1 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Rf1 Qb5
17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. b3 Rab8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd5 21. Qxd5
cxd5 22. Nc5 Bc3 23. Kf1 Nd2+ 24. Bxd2 Bxd2 25. Ke2 Bb4
26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Rc6 Ke8 29. Nc5 Kd8 30. h4 h5
31. Kd3 Rb6 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Nb7+ Kc7 34. Nxd6 Kxd6 35. a4
Kc5 36. Kc3 e5 37. b4+ Kc6 38. Kd3 f5 39. g3 Kd6 40. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Ng4
7. Re2 Kh8 8. h3 f5 9. Ng5 Nh6 10. c3 a6 11. b4 Be7 12. Nf3 f4
13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxb4 15. d5 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 Na6
18. e5 d6 19. e6 Nc5 20. Bb2 Nf5 21. Bc2 Na4 22. Bxa4 bxa4
23. Nd4 Ba6 24. Rd2 Qe8 25. Qg4 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nc6 Bb7
28. Rc2 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Bd8 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Rb1 Ne7 32. Rc4 Rf5
33. Rd4 Rb3 34. Nxa4 Rxd5 35. Rbd1 Rbb5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc1
c5 38. Rc4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 g5 40. h4 Re1 41. hxg5 Ng6 42. Rc3
Rxe6 43. Rd3 Bxg5 44. Nc3 Bf6 45. Bc1 Bxc3 46. Rxc3 Re2
47. Rc4 Rxf2 48. Kg1 Ra2 49. a4 Kg8 50. Bxf4 Nxf4 51. Rxf4 d5
52. Rf5 Rd2 53. Re5 c4 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "194"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. Bh4 e5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2
g6 13. Bg3 Qc7 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. e4 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Nfd2
Bf8 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. f3 Bg7 20. a5 Nb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bb5
Nbc6 23. Ndc4 Rd7 24. Red1 Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6
27. Rd1 b5 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Nd2 c4 30. b3 cxb3 31. Qxb3 h5
32. Bf2 Be6 33. Qb2 Qd7 34. Nb3 Qd6 35. Nc1 Bd7 36. Na2 Bh6
37. Nb4 Be6 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. Nd3 Qc7 40. Qb2 Bd7 41. Qb4 Bf8
42. Qc5 Qxc5 43. Nxc5 Bc8 44. Nd3 f6 45. Nb4 Kf7 46. Nec2 Bd7
47. Bc5 Bh6 48. Kf2 Bd2 49. Na2 Be6 50. Ncb4 Bc4 51. Be3 Bxe3+
52. Kxe3 f5 53. g3 Ke6 54. h4 Nc8 55. Nc1 Nb6 56. Nc6 Na4
57. Kd2 fxe4 58. fxe4 Kd6 59. Nb4 Bf1 60. Ncd3 Bg2 61. Nf2 Nb2
62. Ke3 Nc4+ 63. Kd3 Bf1+ 64. Kc2 Ke6 65. Nd5 Nd6 66. Nc7+ Kd7
67. Nd5 Be2 68. Ne3 Ke6 69. Kd2 Bf3 70. Kd3 Nb7 71. Nc2 Nc5+
72. Ke3 Bg2 73. Na3 Bf1 74. Nc2 Na4 75. Kd2 Nb2 76. Ne3 Nc4+
77. Nxc4 Bxc4 78. Ke3 Kf6 79. Nh3 Be6 80. Nf2 g5 81. Nd3 gxh4
82. gxh4 Bc4 83. Nc5 Ke7 84. Na6 Kd6 85. Nb4 Be6 86. Nd3 Bg4
87. Nb4 Kc5 88. Nd3+ Kd6 89. Nb4 Bh3 90. Nd3 Bf1 91. Ne1 Bc4
92. Nf3 Be6 93. Ne1 Bg4 94. Nd3 Be6 95. Ne1 Bg4 96. Nd3 Be6
97. Ne1 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Nbd2 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc3 Na6 11. O-O Bb4
12. Qb3 Be7 13. a3 Nc5 14. Qe3 a5 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. N2f3 Qc7
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 O-O 20. Rad1 a4 21. h4 h6
22. g3 Rfd8 23. Qc3 Nd7 24. Nc2 Nc5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Ncd4 Ne4 28. Qe3 Nc5 29. Nd2 Qb6 30. Qc3 Ne4 31. Nxe4
Bxe4 32. Nc2 Bc5 33. Ne3 Qd8 34. Nc2 Qb6 35. Ne3 Bd4 36. Qc1
Qxb2 37. Qd1 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Qxe5 39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40. Ke1 Qc5
41. Kf2 Qxa3 42. Qd8+ Qf8 43. Qd4 f5 44. c5 a3 45. Qb4 Qa8
46. Bc4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8
7. Ng5 g6 8. h4 Bf8 9. a3 h6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. h5
g5 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bd5
Rac8 18. Qe4 Bg7 19. d3 Kh8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd2 f5 22. Qd5
Qf6 23. O-O a6 24. Rac1 Rc7 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Nd5
e4 28. d4 f4 29. b4 Rf5 30. Nb6 g4 31. Nc4 Re6 32. Nb6 Re8
33. d5 Ne7 34. Bc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Nxd5 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc7 f3
38. Rfc1 Rxh5 39. Rxb7 Rd5 40. Rcc7 g3 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rhg7+
Kh8 43. Rxg3 fxg2 44. Kxg2 Ree5 45. Ra7 a5 46. Rb7 axb4
47. axb4 Rb5 48. Rxb5 Rxb5 49. Rg6 d5 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Rd6
Kf7 52. Kg3 Ke7 53. Rh6 Rxb4 54. Kf4 Rb2 55. Ke5 Rxf2 56. Rh7+
Rf7 57. Rxf7+ Kxf7 58. Kxd5 Kf6 59. Kxe4 Ke5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Be3 Nd4
12. Bxd4 Bxc4 13. Be3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Be7 15. h3 O-O 16. Qd3 b5
17. O-O-O Rc4 18. g4 Nd7 19. Kb1 h6 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. b3 Rc6
22. Nb4 Nc5 23. Nxc6 Nxd3 24. Nxd8 Nb4 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8
12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. b3 Ba6 15. Bf3 Be7 16. Bb2 c5
17. Be5 Rbc8 18. Nb2 Nb4 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qf4 g5 21. Qc1 c4
22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Qxe5 24. a3 g4 25. Bg2 Bf6 26. Qd2 Nc6
27. Bxc6 Qc7 28. Bd7 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Qe5 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. c5 Bd5
32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Bb7 34. Bxe6+ Kg7 35. c6 Bc8 36. Bxc8
Rxc8 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. e4 fxe4 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kxe4 Ke6 41. Kd4
Kd6 42. e4 h5 43. e5+ Ke6 44. Ke4 a6 45. Rc2 a5 46. Rc1 Ke7
47. Kd5 Rc8 48. c7 Kd7 49. e6+ Ke7 50. Ke5 1-0

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4
12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bb6 15. Rae1 c5 16. Nf3 d4
17. Bf2 Bb5 18. f5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qd7 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qxg7 O-O-O
22. Qf6 d3 23. cxd3 Qxd3+ 24. Kg1 Rhg8 25. Qc6 Qd5 26. Qxd5
Rxd5 27. b3 Ba5 28. Rc1 Bb4 29. Kf1 Rg4 30. h3 Rf4 31. f6 Kd7
32. Be3 Rf5 33. Ke2 Rfxe5 34. Nxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rf1 Ke6 36. Kd3
h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd5+ 39. Kc4 Re5 40. Kd3 Rd5+ 41. Ke2
Bc3 42. g5 Re5 43. Kd3 Bb2 44. Rb1 Bd4 45. Bd2 Rf5 46. Re1+
Kd5 47. Re7 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf2+ 49. Ke1 Rh2 50. Rxf7 Ke4 51. Kd1
Kd3 52. Re7 Rxd2+ 53. Ke1 Rg2 54. Kd1 Rxg5 55. f7 Rf5 56. b4
cxb4 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tan Zhongyi"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7
12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Bb3 Bf5
17. Bc2 Nd3 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qf3 Bg6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. e4 Bd6
22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Qe3 Qe6 24. e5 Qxc4 25. exf6 Bf4 26. Nd5 Qxd5
27. Qxf4 d2 28. Rcd1 Bc2 29. Qg4 g6 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qg4 Bxd1
32. Rxd1 h6 33. Bc3 Qd3 34. Bxd2 Qc2 35. h4 Rxd2 36. Rf1 Qg6
37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Qf3 Rad8 39. Qxb7 Qxf6 40. Qc7 Qg5 41. Re1
Rd1 0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. e5 d5
7. Bb3 Ne4 8. c3 Bb6 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Nc3 c6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3
Kh8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nh2 Nd7 16. g5 c5 17. h4 cxd4
18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Qc5 22. Qxc5
Nxc5 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Rad1 Na4 25. b3 Nb2 26. Rd4 Nxc4
27. bxc4 Rc5 28. Rd7 Rxc4 29. Rxb7 a5 30. e6 fxe6 31. Ne5
Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rc8 33. Nxg6+ hxg6 34. Ra7 Rc4 35. Rxa5 Rxh4
36. Ke2 Kg8 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. a4 Rg4 40. Ra5 Ke7
41. Kc3 Kd6 42. Kb3 Rg3+ 43. Kb4 Rg4+ 44. Kb3 Rg3+ 45. Kb4
Rg4+ 46. Kb3 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Muzychuk"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Bd3 d6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f4 Bf6
12. c3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bh4 15. Qf3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7
17. Re1 Nd7 18. g4 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. g5 Nc5 21. Bd2 Bg4
22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 a5 24. f5 f6 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nd7
27. Bb3+ Kf8 28. Be6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. a4 fxg5 31. Bxg5
Bb3 32. a5 Ne5 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Bf4 Nc6 35. Bd2 Bc4 36. Rh1 h6
37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Rae1 Re8 39. Rh4 Na7 40. e5 Bd5+ 41. Kf2 Nb5
42. Bb2 dxe5 43. Rxe5 Rd8 44. Rf4+ Kg8 45. Re7 Bf7 46. Rfxf7
Rd2+ 47. Ke3 Rxb2 48. Rxg7+ Kf8 49. Rgf7+ Kg8 50. Rf4 Rb3+
51. Kf2 Rd3 52. Rg4+ Kf8 53. Rh7 Rd6 54. Rh4 Rf6+ 55. Kg2 Rd6
56. R7xh6 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Kg7 58. Re6 Rd5 59. Rhe4 Rh5+ 60. Rh4
Rd5 61. Rf4 Rh5+ 62. Kg4 Rd5 63. Rfe4 Rd1 64. R4e5 Rd4+
65. Kf3 Rxb4 66. Kg2 Rb2+ 67. Kh3 Rb4 68. Rd5 Kf7 69. Rh6 Ke7
70. Rg5 Kf7 71. g4 Rb3+ 72. Kh4 Rb1 73. Rf5+ Kg7 74. Re6 Nd6
75. Rff6 Rh1+ 76. Kg5 Nf7+ 77. Rxf7+ Kxf7 78. Re5 Ra1 79. Kf4
c6 80. Kf5 Rf1+ 81. Kg5 Rb1 82. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nc3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nd5 Bg4
12. c3 Qd7 13. Ra6 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nd8 15. h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6
17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 b4 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Qa4 Qd3 21. d5 Nc5
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Re1 b3 24. Ne5 Qd2 25. Qa1 Bf6 26. Nc4 Qd3
27. Qc1 Rb4 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Rd1 Qc2 31. Qa1 Rxd2
0-1

[Event "IMSA Elite Mind Games (Blitz, Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 h6 6. O-O d6
7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. d4 c6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bb3
Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. h3 Bb6
17. a4 a5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Kf7 20. Kf1 Nd7 21. Nd2 Nc5
22. Nc4 Ke7 23. Nh5 Nf4 24. Ng3 Kf6 25. Ne2 g5 26. g3 Nxh3
27. Kg2 g4 28. Rh1 Rd3 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Nxe4
32. Nxg4+ Kg5 33. Rxh3 Kxg4 34. f3+ Kg5 35. fxe4 Rxa4 36. Ng1
Rxb4 37. Nf3+ Kf6 38. Rxh6+ Ke7 39. Ng5 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 c5
41. Rxe6+ Kd7 42. Rxe5 c4 43. Rc5 b5 44. e5 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 c3
46. Ne4 b4 47. Kf5 Rb2 48. e6+ Ke8 49. Kf6 Kd8 50. e7+ 1-0

