[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.O-O-O a6 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.bxc4 c5 12.g4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.g5 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nd7
16.Ne4 Nc5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Nb3 Ba3 19.c5 Bxb2+ 20.Kxb2 Qxg5 21.f4 Qf6+ 22.Qc3 Qe7
23.Rd6 Bd7 24.Rg1 f6 25.Rgd1 Be8 26.Qc4 Bb5 27.Rxe6 Qf7 28.Qd5 Rfe8 29.f5 Rxe6
30.fxe6 Qe7 31.Nd4 g6 32.Kb3 Re8 33.h4 Rc8 34.Qd6 Kf8 35.a4 Be8 36.Kb4 a5+
37.Kb3 Rxc5 38.Qf4 Bxa4+ 39.Kxa4 Rc4+ 40.Kb3 Qb4+ 41.Ka2 Qa4+ 42.Kb2 Qb4+
43.Ka2  1/2-1/2

