[Event "11th ECC final"]
[Site "Ljubljana SLO"]
[Date "1995.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scherbakov, Ruslan PTCH"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E44"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Annotator "Dautov"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf4 
    ( 7.f3 Nxc3 8.Nxc3 Qh4+ $10 )
    ( 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 )
7...Bxc3+ 
    ( 7...f5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Rb1 c5 
        ( 11...Nc6 12.c5 $1 Bxf4 13.exf4 Qf6 14.Rd1 Ne7 15.c4 Bc6 16.Bb2 
        Qh6 17.g3 bxc5 $6 18.d5 $1 exd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxc5 Rf7 21.Qxc7 
        $16 {Pein,M-De Firmian,N/Bermuda (04) ;CBM 46 1995} )
    12.e4 $1 fxe4 $2 
        ( 12...cxd4 $1 13.exf5 Qf6 $13 {Sherbakov} )
    13.Bxe4 Bxf4 14.Bxb7 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 $1 Qh4 16.Bg5 $1 Qxg5 17.Kxh2 Nc6 
    18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Qe4 Rf8 20.g3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Qd2 22.Kg2 Qxd4 23.Qxd4 
    Nxd4 24.Rbd1 $16 {Sherbakov-Kiselev herbakov-Kiselev/RUS-chT Elista; 
    CBM 44/1994} )
8.bxc3 f5 9.Bd3 Qh4 10.O-O g5 
    ( 10...O-O 11.f3 Nf6 12.e4 fxe4 13.fxe4 $16 )
11.Ne2 g4 12.Ng3 Ng5 
    ( 12...Nxg3 13.fxg3 $1 Qh5 14.e4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Nc6 16.d5 $16 )
13.e4 f4 
    ( 13...fxe4 14.Bxg5 
        ( 14.Nxe4 $4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 g3 16.Bg6+ hxg6 17.Qxg6+ Nf7 $19 )
    14...Qxg5 
        ( 14...exd3 $4 15.Qd2 $18 )
    15.Bxe4 $16 
        ( 15.Nxe4 $16 )
    )
    ( 13...Nxe4 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 $16 g3 $2 16.Bg6+ hxg6 17.Qxg6+ Kd8 
    18.Bg5+ $18 )
14.Bxf4 Nf3+ 15.gxf3 gxf3 16.Kh1 Qxf4 17.e5 $16 Qh4 
    ( 17...Nc6 18.Nh5 Qh4 19.Nf6+ Ke7 20.Rg1 $16 )
18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nc6 20.Rg1 Rf8 
    ( 20...O-O-O 21.Bxf3 Rdf8 22.Rg3 Rhg8 23.Rag1 Rxg3 24.Rxg3 $16 )
21.Bxc6 $1 
    ( 21.Rg7 O-O-O 22.Rxh7 Qf4 23.Rg1 Rh8 24.Rg3 Rxh7 25.Bxh7 Rh8 26.h3 
    Na5 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Nxc4 29.Bxf3 $16 )
21...dxc6 22.Qa4 O-O-O 
    ( 22...Qe4 $2 23.Rae1 b5 24.Qa6 $18 )
23.Qxc6 $18 Kb8 24.Rg7 
    ( 24.a4 $2 Rf5 25.Rg7 
        ( 25.Rg3 $4 Rh5 26.h3 Qxh3+ $1 27.Rxh3 Rxh3+ 28.Kg1 Rg8+ 29.Kf1 
        Rh1# )
    25...Rc8 26.Qxe6 Rh5 27.h3 Qxf2 28.a5 Qh4 $14 )
24...Rc8 25.Rg3 
    ( 25.c5 Qxf2 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Rb1 Rf7 $1 $13 )
25...Qh6 26.Rag1 $2 
    ( 26.a4 $1 Rf4 
        ( 26...Qd2 27.a5 Qxc3 28.Rgg1 $18 )
    27.h3 Rh4 28.Kh2 Rf8 29.a5 $18 )
26...Qd2 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Qxa2 $16 29.c5 bxc5 30.c4 $2 
    ( 30.dxc5 Rd8 31.c4 $16 {/\Qe4} 
        ( 31.Qe4 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.c6 a5 $10 )
    )
30...cxd4 31.Qe4 Rd8 32.Rb1+ Kc8 33.Qb7+ Kd7 34.Qb5+ Kc8 $10 
    ( 34...Ke7 $2 35.Qc5+ Ke8 36.Qc6+ Kf8 37.Qf3+ Ke8 38.Rg1 $18 )
35.Qb7+ Kd7 36.Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

