Best Games

Igor Zakharevich - Ashot Nadanian
Smolensk (op), 1989

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.b3 0-0 7.Bb2 Re8 8.Bd3 d6 9.exd6 Nxf2 10.Kxf2 Rxe3 11.Kf1 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qh4 14.Nd2 Rae8 15.g3 Qh3+ 16.Bg2 Qf5+ 17.Nf3 Re1+ 0-1

Viacheslav Bashkov - Ashot Nadanian
Czestochowa (op), 1992

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.Bxh7 Nxh7 10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.Nxh7 b6 12.d4 cxd4 13.0-0 Qe8 14.Nf6+ exf6 15.Qxh8 Ba6 16.Re1 Qg6 17.Nd2 Rc8 18.Qh4 Bd6 19.Nf3 dxc3 20.bxc3 Bd3 21.Bf4 Ba3 22.Bc1 Be7 23.Bb2 Be4 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.fxg3 Bd6 26.Nd2 Bxg3 27.Nxe4 Bxe1 28.Rxe1 dxe4 29.Rxe4 e5 30.Rg4 g5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rxh4 Ke6 33.Kf2 Rc7 34.g4 b5 35.Rh6 Rg7 36.Kf3 e4+ 37.Kxe4 Rxg4+ 38.Kd3 Rg2 39.Bc1 Ne5+ 40.Kd4 Rg4+ 41.Ke3 Rg1 42.Kd2 Rg2+ 43.Kd1 Rxa2 44.Rh7 f5 45.Be3 a6 46.Bd4 Nc4 47.Rh4 Nd6 48.Kc1 Kd5 49.Kb1 Rg2 50.Ba7 Ne4 51.Bd4 Nd2+ 52.Kc1 Nb3+ 53.Kb1 a5 54.Bh8 a4 55.Rb4 Kc6 56.Be5 Nd2+ 57.Ka1 Nc4 58.Bb8 Rg1+ 59.Ka2 Rf1 0-1

Ashot Nadanian - Levon Altounian
Yerevan (ARM-ch1L), 1992

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 b6 13.Rb5 Bc7 14.h3 a6 15.hxg4 axb5 16.Qc2 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bxb5 Re4 19.c4 Qc8 20.g3 Bd6 21.Ng5 Re7 22.Qd1 Ra3 23.cxd5 Qc7 24.Re1 Bxg3 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.Qc1 Bc7 27.Be8 Qd6 28.Qxa3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qxh6 30.Bxf7+ Kh8 31.Qe7 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Zurab Sturua
Tbilisi (op), 1993

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Ne7 9.Be3 d6 10.Rad1 Nc6 11.Qb6 Qb8 12.Bg5 Bd7 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Bh4 Be7 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Rd2 Rd8 17.Red1 Be8 18.Qe3 Kf8 19.Qg3 e5 20.Nd5 b5 21.Ne3 Ne7 22.f4 Qb6 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Qxe5 Qd2 27.Kf2 Nc6 28.Qc5+ Kg8 29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.bxc3 Kf8 31.Nd5 Bd7 32.a3 f5 33.Ke3 g5 34.exf5 Bxf5 35.Bd3 Be6 36.Nb4 Nb8 37.Kd4 Ke7 38.c4 a5 39.Nd5+ Kd6 40.c5+ Kc6 41.Bxb5+ Kxb5 42.Nc7+ Ka4 43.Nxe6 Kxa3 44.Kc4 Kb2 45.Kb5 Kxc2 46.Kxa5 Kd3 47.Kb6 Nd7+ 48.Kc6 Nxc5 49.Nxc5+ Ke3 50.g4 Kf4 51.h3 Kg3 52.Ne4+ Kxh3 53.Nf6 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Artur Jakubiec
Polanica Zdroj (op), 1996

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qe3 e6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.h3 Qa5 10.Kb1 0-0 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qh6 Kh8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.h4 Rg8 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.Qd2 b5 17.g4 Rxg4 18.Bh3 Rg8 19.Qxd6 Bb7 20.Qf4 Rad8 21.h5 a5 22.Rhg1 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 a4 24.h6 Bc8 25.e5 f5 26.a3 b4 27.Rd6 Bb7 28.axb4 Nxb4 29.Qxb4 Bxf3 30.Qf4 Be4 31.Bf1 a3 32.b3 Qc7 33.Qd2 a2+ 34.Kxa2 Bxc2 35.Bc4 Be4 36.Kb2 Qc5 37.Qd4 Qa5 38.Ra6 Qb4 39.Ra4 Qe1 40.Ra1 Qb4 41.Qd6 Qb7 42.Rg1 Ra8 43.Rd1 Qb8 44.f4 Qg8 45.Rd2 Qg6 46.Qd8+ Rxd8 47.Rxd8+ Qg8 48.Rxg8+ Kxg8 49.Kc3 Kf8 50.Kd4 Ke7 51.Kc5 f6 52.exf6+ Kxf6 53.Kd6 Kg6 54.Ba6 Kxh6 55.b4 Kh5 56.Kxe6 Kg6 57.Be2 Bg2 58.b5 h5 59.b6 h4 60.Bd3 Kg7 61.Bxf5 Kf8 62.Kf6 Ke8 63.Kg5 Ke7 64.Kxh4 Bb7 65.Kg3 Kd6 66.Bg4 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Erling Mortensen
Yerevan (ol), 1996

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 exf4 8.gxf4 Nge7 9.c3 0-0 10.Be3 Kh8 11.Na3 f5 12.Qe1 Be6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc5 Bd5 15.fxe5 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Bxe5 17.Re3 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Re6 Qd7 20.Nc4 f4 21.Qe4 Nf5 22.Re1 Nh4 23.Bh3 f3 24.Kf2 Qd8 25.d4 Qg5 26.Qg4 Qd5 27.Qxh4 Qxc4 28.Re7 Nxe7 29.Rxe7 Rf7 30.b3 Qd5 31.Be6 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Vadim Malakhatko
Kiev (IXcat), 1997

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.a4 d6 8.a5 Qb4 9.Bd2 Qb7 10.e4 Bg7 11.Bc4 0-0 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.f4 Ne8 14.0-0 Nc7 15.Ra2 Nb5 16.Be1 Rb8 17.Bf2 Nf6 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.h3 Nxc3 20.Nxc3 Qc7 21.Bxa6 Ra8 22.Bh4 Kh8 23.Bb5 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 Qd8 25.Be1 Qc8 26.Na3 Qa6 27.Nc4 e6 28.Bc3 exd5 29.exd5 Rfe8 30.b3 Rab8 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Bxe1 Nh5 33.g3 Bd4+ 34.Bf2 Bf6 35.Kh2 Ng7 36.g4 Ne8 37.Re2 Kg8 38.g5 Bg7 39.f5 gxf5 40.Qxf5 Qb7 41.a6 Qa7 42.b4 Bf8 43.b5 Nc7 44.b6 Rxb6 45.Nxb6 Qxb6 46.Bd4 cxd4 47.Rf2 Bg7 48.Qxf7+ Kh8 49.Qe7 Qb8 50.a7 Qg8 51.Qxc7 Be5+ 52.Kg1 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Arshak Petrosian
Yerevan (ARM-ch57-XIcat), 1997

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nge7 8.f5 gxf5 9.Nh4 fxe4 10.dxe4 Be6 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 f6 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Nd5 Kh8 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Qd2 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Ne7 18.Be6 Qc6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.c4 b6 21.b3 Qe4 22.h3 Qb7 23.Kh2 Nc6 24.Qg2 Qc7 25.h4 Nd4 26.Bd5 Rfe8 27.Qe4 Qe7 28.Rd2 Rb8 29.g4 b5 30.g5 bxc4 31.bxc4 Rb6 32.Rg2 Reb8 33.gxf6 Bxf6 34.Rfg1 Rb2 35.Bh6 Qd7 36.Kh1 Rxg2 37.Qxg2 1-0

Ioseb Kviriashvili - Ashot Nadanian
Yerevan (op), 1997

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Be7 8.d4 0-0 9.Nd2 Nf5 10.Ndf3 Be6 11.c4 Qe8 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Bc8 14.Qc2 f6 15.Nd3 Qf7 16.Re2 Rfe8 17.Rae1 Bf8 18.Kf1 Rxe2 19.Qxe2 h5 20.h3 g5 21.Qe4 Ng7 22.Qe3 Bf5 23.Kg1 Qg6 24.Nc1 Bb4 25.Bc3 Bd6 26.Ne2 h4 27.d5 c5 28.Nh2 Re8 29.Qd2 Nh5 30.Ng4 Kg7 31.Ne3 Be4 32.Bb2 a6 33.Nc3 Bd3 34.Rd1 Nf4 35.Re1 Be5 36.Ncd1 Bd4 37.Kh2 Kf7 38.Ng4 Rxe1 39.Qxe1 Qe4 40.Qxe4 Bxe4 41.f3 Bb1 42.Nc3 Bxa2 43.Nxa2 Bxb2 44.Nf2 f5 45.Nd1 Bd4 46.g3 Ne2 47.gxh4 gxh4 48.Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1

Roman Akopov - Ashot Nadanian
Yerevan (ARM-ch1L), 1998

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Ne1 Re8 15.Nd3 Qb6 16.Qd2 Bf5 17.Rac1 Be4 18.Rc4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Re4 20.Nc5 Re7 21.Nb3 Qb5 22.Rfc1 Qd5+ 23.f3 Rd8 24.Nxd4 g5 25.e3 g4 26.Qf2 Ne5 27.e4 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 Nxc4 29.fxg4 Rxe4 30.Nf3 Ne3+ 31.Kh3 Rd5 32.Nh4 Nxg4 33.Qf3 Rd2 0-1

Ashot Nadanian - Levon Aronian
Yerevan (ARM-ch1L), 1998

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.0-0 e6 14.f4 Bg7 15.Bc4 Bb7 16.dxe6 Bxe4 17.exf7+ Kh8 18.Rb2 Qf6 19.Qe2 Bf5 20.g4 Bd7 21.Rd2 Rxf7 22.Bxf7 Qxf7 23.Qf3 Rf8 24.h3 Bc8 25.Rfd1 Bb7 26.Qe3 Qf6 27.c4 Qc6 28.Kh2 h5 29.gxh5 Kg8 30.Bb2 Bh6 31.Be5 g5 32.fxg5 Rf3 33.gxh6 Rxe3 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.R1d7+ Ke6 36.Rd6+ Qxd6 37.Bxd6 Re2+ 38.Kg1 Be4 39.h7 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Smbat Lputian
Yerevan (ARM-ch59-Xcat), 1999

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.g4 Nf6 6.gxf5 exf5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Bd2 h6 12.Ne6 b5 13.Nxb5 cxb5 14.Bxb5+ Nbd7 15.Rc1 Rb8 16.Rg1 g5 17.Nc7+ Bxc7 18.Rxc7 Qf7 19.Qc3 Kd8 20.Qa5 Rb6 21.Rxa7 Qe6 22.Bb4 Rf7 23.Ra8 Nd5 24.Bc4 N7f6 25.Rb8 Rc7 26.Rxb6 Qxb6 27.Bxd5 Qxa5 28.Bxa5 Nxd5 29.Kd2 Kd7 30.Bxc7 Nxc7 31.b4 Nd5 32.b5 Bb7 33.a4 Nb6 34.a5 Nc4+ 35.Kc3 Nd6 36.Kb4 Bf3 37.Rc1 g4 38.b6 1-0

Ashot Nadanian - Gyula Sax
Saint Vincent (EU-ch1st), 2000

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nd3 dxc4 11.Nb4 cxb3 12.Nxa6 Nxa6 13.Qxb3 Rc8 14.Qa4 Ndb8 15.0-0 0-0 16.Rd1 b5 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.a4 b4 19.a5 Qb5 20.Bb2 Qxe2 21.Nd2 c5 22.Bf1 Qh5 23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Qxb4 Nd3 25.Qxe7 Nxb2 26.Rdb1 Rc2 27.Qd6 Qd5 28.Qxd5 exd5 29.Nf3 Nc4 30.Rb5 Rd8 31.Rd1 Nc6 32.Rc5 N6xa5 33.Rdxd5 Rf8 34.Ne5 Nxe5 35.Rxc2 Nac6 36.Rc3 1-0

James Monacell - Ashot Nadanian
corr, 2000

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.a4 Rc8 16.Rd2 Bc5 17.Nc2 Rxe3 18.Nxe3 d4 19.Nc4 dxc3 20.bxc3 Nc6 21.Qxb7 Rc7 22.Qa6 Qf8 23.Nb6 Be6 24.Qb5 Rb7 25.Bxc6 Rxb6 26.Qxa5 Bc4 27.Bb5 Bb3 28.c4 Ne4 29.Rd3 Bc2 30.Rd5 Nxf2 31.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Rf6+ 33.Ke1 Qa3 34.Kd2 Qa2 35.Ke3 Re6+ 36.Kf2 Bd3 37.Re5 Rf6+ 38.Kg2 Qa1 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Qxd3+ g6 41.e4 Qb2+ 42.Kh3 Rf2 43.Rf5 gxf5 44.exf5 Rxh2+ 45.Kg4 h5+ 46.Kf3 Qf2+ 0-1

Ashot Nadanian - Arno Mpenza
corr, 2000

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.Ra2 Ne4 11.cxd5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 exd5 13.Bd3 h6 14.0-0 Re8 15.a4 Bf8 16.Rd1 g5 17.Bg3 Bg7 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bg4 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.Qb2 Qc3 22.h3 Qxd3 23.hxg4 b6 24.Qb5 Qe4 25.a5 bxa5 26.Rxa5 Red8 27.Rxa7 Qxg4 28.Qb7 Qf5 29.Rba1 Rc2 30.Ra8 Rxa8 31.Rxa8+ Kh7 32.Qb8 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 g4 34.Qg8+ Kg6 35.Ra6+ f6 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Bh4 Rc7 38.Ra8 Qe4 39.Qg8+ Kg6 40.Rf8 Kh5 41.Re8 Qf5 42.Bg3 Rd7 43.Re6 Qg6 44.Qc8 Rf7 45.Qd8 Qf5 46.Qe8 Qg6 47.Rd6 1-0

Viktor Bologan - Ashot Nadanian
Moscow (Aeroflot-opA), 2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bf4 f5 9.Bd6 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nf5 11.0-0 Nxd6 12.Nxd6 Nc6 13.Qe2 Bc7 14.Rad1 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Qc7 16.Rfd1 Nd8 17.Bd3 Nf7 18.Qh5 h6 19.Rd4 Qe5 20.Qg6 Ng5 21.f4 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Nh3 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Bg6+ Kf6 25.R4d2 Nxf4 26.Rf1 b6 27.Re2 Qxe2 28.Rxf4+ Kg5 0-1

Ashot Nadanian - Valery Chekhov
Moscow (VIIIcat), 2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 a6 12.g4 Re8 13.g5 Nd7 14.Qh5 b5 15.Rf3 g6 16.Qh6 Bf8 17.Qh4 Bg7 18.f5 b4 19.f6 Bh8 20.Nd1 Nce5 21.Rh3 Nf8 22.Nf2 Nxd3 23.Ng4 h5 24.Nh6+ Kh7 25.cxd3 e5 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Nf5 Kg8 28.Na5 Nh7 29.Nc6 Re6 30.Nce7+ Kf8 31.Nd5 Rb8 32.b3 Qd8 33.Rf3 Bd7 34.Ng3 Rc8 35.Rcf1 Re8 36.Bb6 1-0

Sugeng Prayitno - Ashot Nadanian
Kuala Lumpur (op), 2006

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 exd5 7.Qxd5 Bd7 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Qd2 h6 10.Bh4 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Nxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Qd4 Qe7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.e3 0-0 18.Nge2 Be6 19.f3 Rc4 20.Qd3 Rd8 21.Qb1 Qc5 22.Kf2 Rd2 23.g4 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Qxc3 25.h4 Rb2 26.Qe4 Qe1+ 27.Kg2 Bd6 28.Rh3 Rxe2+ 29.Bxe2 Qxe2+ 30.Kg1 Bc4 31.f4 Qd1+ 32.Kf2 Qf1+ 33.Kg3 Qg1+ 34.Kf3 Be6 0-1

Wu Shaobin - Ashot Nadanian
Singapore (Pre-ol-tourn), 2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 Ncxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.0-0 0-0 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 a5 11.Nc3 Ra6 12.Ne4 Ba7 13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Nf5 Qg5 15.Nd4 Rg6 16.g3 d5 17.cxd5 Bh3 18.Re1 Ng4 19.Nf3 Qxe3 20.Bd4 Qxf2+ 21.Bxf2 Bxf2+ 22.Kh1 Bb6 23.Qb1 Nf2+ 24.Kg1 Rf6 25.b4 a4 26.Ng5 Ng4+ 27.Kh1 Bg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rf2+ 29.Kh3 Rxh2+ 30.Kxg4 h5+ 31.Kf4 Be3+ 0-1

Ashot Nadanian - Utut Adianto
Seoul (op), 2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 g6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 a6 9.a4 Nc6 10.a5 b6 11.axb6 cxb6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Rd1 b5 14.e4 Rc8 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bg5 f6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Ne5 Rf4 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.Nd7 Qf7 23.Bg4 Re8 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Ne6 Rf5 27.Re1 Re8 28.Ng5 Qd7 29.Qh4 Rff8 30.h3 a5 31.Rac1 h5 32.Nf3 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Qf6 a4 36.Ng5 b4 37.Qd6 a3 38.bxa3 bxa3 39.Qxd5+ Kg7 40.Ne6+ Kh7 41.h4 Ne7 42.Qe5 1-0