[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 dxc4 5.bxc4 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Bxf6 hxg5
16.Bb2 Rcd8 17.d3 Ba8 18.Rd2 Ne5 19.Nxa7 f5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.d4 cxd4 22.exd4 Rxd4
23.Rxd4 Qxd4 24.Rd1 Qe5 25.Nb5 Rc8 26.a4 g4 27.Bf1 Bc5 28.Qe2 Qxe2 29.Bxe2 Kf8
30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Ra1 Rh8 32.Kg1 Bb7 33.Ra2 Rd8 34.Kf1 g5 35.f3 Rh8 36.h3 gxh3
37.gxh3 Rxh3 38.Kg2 g4 39.a5 bxa5 40.Rxa5 gxf3+ 41.Kxh3 fxe2 42.Ra1 Bf2  0-1

