[Event "ch-City"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Alekseev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.a3 a5 6.d3 g6 7.Be3 d6 8.Nd5 Be6 9.Ng5 Bh6
10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Nc3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Qg5 13.Qf3 Ke7 14.h4 Qh6 15.Be2 Nf6 16.g4 g5
17.h5 Rhf8 18.O-O Nd5 19.exd5 Rxf3 20.Rxf3 e4 21.Nxe4 exd5 22.cxd5 Ne5 23.Rf5 Rf8
24.Ng3 Kd8 25.d4 cxd4 26.Raf1 Rxf5 27.Nxf5 Qf6 28.Nxd4 Qh8 29.Ne6+ Ke7 30.Rf8 Qxf8
31.Nxf8 Kxf8 32.Kf2 h6 33.Ke1 Ke7 34.Kd2 Kd8 35.Kc3 b6 36.Bd3 Ke8 37.Kd4 Ke7
38.Be2 Nd7 39.Ba6 Ne5 40.Bc8 Kd8 41.Be6 Ke7 42.Ke4 Kf6 43.b3 b5 44.Bc8 b4
45.axb4 axb4 46.Be6 Kg7 47.Kf5 Nd3 48.Bc8 Kf7 49.Be6+ Kg7 50.Bc8 Kf7 51.Ba6 Nc5
52.Bc4 Nd7  1/2-1/2

