Battle of ICC vendors

The game took place in 2000. It was a team event, we were playing the top board for our respective teams. GM Volkov was already known as a very strong player, and he proved it during the entire event. When we met, he was on 5 out of 5, a 100% score.
He was a very active coach on ICC during those years, advertising his lessons aggressively. Clearly a much better player than I was, but not a very likable guy. Details in private. 😉

Our team still lost the match though.