[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[EventDate "1997.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Nf3 c5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. Bd2 b6 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Be2 Bb7 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Be7
17. Na4 Ne4 18. Be1 Nc6 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Raa1 Nb8 21. Rdc1 Bc5
22. Ba5 Nc6 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Nfe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 O-O 26. Nd7
Rfc8 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Rc3 Ne4 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. f3 Nd6
31. Rd1 Nb5 32. Kf2 f6 33. e4 Bc6 34. Bc4 Kf7 35. b3 Rb8
36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Ke8 38. Bb6 Kd7 39. Ke3 Bb7 40. Bc5 Nd6
41. Bd3 Kc6 42. Ba3 e5 43. g3 Bc8 1/2-1/2