[Event "RUS-Cup5"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E59"]

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 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Ba2 e5 12.h3 e4 13.Nh2 Na5 14.Bb2 b6 15.c4 Bf5 16.Qe2 Nd7
17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.Nf1 h6 20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Qe1 f6 22.Qe2 Nb7 23.Qg4 Nf8
24.Bb1 Qc8 25.Qe2 Kh8 26.Nh5 Bf7 27.Nf4 Ne6 28.Nd5 Nc7 29.Nc3 Nd6 30.dxc5 bxc5
31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Nxe4 Rc6 33.Qf3 Rb6 34.Bc3 Qa6 35.Qf5 Qxa3 36.Rf1 Bg8 37.Bxf6 Reb8
38.Bxg7+ Kxg7 39.Qe5+ Kf8 40.Qxc7 Rxb1 41.Qd6+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kg6 43.Qg3+ Kf7
44.Qf4+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

