[Event "70th RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg3 exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Nd4 Nfe4 16. N2f3 Bf6 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 b5 20. a3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Nb6 22. Nbd4 Nc4 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Nf4 Rcd8 25. Nh5 Be7 26. Nd4 g6 27.
Nf4 Bf6 28. Rfe1 Re4 29. Nf3 a5 30. Nd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33.
Nxc4 dxc4 34. cxb4 Qxb4 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kh2 h4 39. Qf3
hxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qd6 41. Rf2 Qe5 42. Re2 Qf5 43. Rf2 Be5 44. Qe3 Qe4 45. Nh5+
gxh5 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "70th RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nd4 d6 7. f3 Ng6 8. fxe4
f4 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bh3 Ng4 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 N4e5 14. Bf5 c6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. O-O-O b6 18. Bf4 1-0
