[Event "8th Valle d'Aosta Open"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2000.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov,I"]
[Black "Skembris,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Qa4 Bxf3 5.gxf3 e6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Bd2 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.Qc2 Ba5 11.Kb1 Kh8 12.f4 Rb8 13.Rg1 b5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Ne2 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Nc8 17.Nc1 Nd6 18.Nd3 Nc4 19.Qe2 Ne7 20.Qg4 g6 21.h4 Rg8 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.fxe5 Nf5 24.Bd3 Ng7 25.f4 Rb6 26.h5 gxh5 27.Qh3 f6 28.Rg2 c5 29.dxc5 Rc6
30.exf6 Qxf6 31.Rdg1 Qf7 32.Rg5 Rxc5 33.Qg2 b4 34.e4 dxe4 35.Qxe4 Rf5 36.Qxf5 Nxf5
37.Rxg8+ Qxg8 38.Rxg8+ Kxg8 39.Bxf5 h4 40.Kc2  1-0

