[Event "11th ECC final"]
[Site "Ljubljana SLO"]
[Date "1995.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Giese} 1...c5 
    ( 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 a6 6.a4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
    Nbd7 9.Re1 Rb8 10.h3 Ne8 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Bh6 Nd6
    15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 Ne8 17.Bf1 f6 18.g3 $13 {Nedilko,V-Murdzia, 
    P/Czestochowa op/1992/} )
2.d5 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.Be2 
Ne8 
    ( 9...Rb8 10.Nd2 
        ( 10.Re1 Ne8 
            ( 10...Qc7 11.h3 b6 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Nd2 e6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Nc4 
            Nfd7 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qd2 Bb7 19.f4 Nc6 20.Bc4 Nd4
            21.Ne2 d5 22.exd5 exd5 $132 {1/2/ 
            Bogdanovski,V-Ivanovic,B/JUG-Cup f Pula/1991/} )
        11.Bf4 
            ( 11.Bg5 Nc7 12.Qd2 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bh6 b4 15.Nd1 Nf6 $10 {
            1/2/Rajkovic,D-Danner,G/Ptuj/1989/} )
        11...Nc7 12.a5 
            ( 12.Qd2 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bh6 b4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd1 Nf6 17.
            Bc4 Bg4 18.Qe2 e6 19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Bxe6 Bxe6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxe5
            Qc7 23.f4 Rfd8 24.Nf2 c4 $15 {
            Sherbakov,V-Kuzmin,G/St.Petersburg op/1995/} )
        12...b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 
            ( 13...Rxb6 14.Qc1 e5 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qe7 17.Ng5 f5 18.Ne6
            Nxe6 19.dxe6 Nf6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rxb2 22.Bxa6 Rxc2 23.h4 
            $44 {Adorjan,A-Horvath,T/HUN-ch Budapest/1984/} )
        14.e5 Bb7 15.Bg3 Nbxd5 16.Ne4 Ne3 17.exd6 exd6 18.fxe3 Bxe4 19.
        Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Bxd6 Rfc8 21.Ra4 Bxc2 22.Rc4 Bb3 23.Rxc5 Ne6 24.Ra5 
        Rb6 $10 {Mohr-Sermek/Bled op/1989/} )
    10...Ne8 11.h4 h5 12.Nf3 Ne5 13.Bg5 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Bh3 15.Re1 Nf6 16.
    Qd2 Kh7 17.Qd3 Bd7 18.a5 b5 19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Ra2 Qc7 21.Rea1 Rfb8 22.
    Bc1 Bb5 23.Nxb5 axb5 24.Ra7 R6b7 $10 {Novak,I-Plachetka,J/Trinec 
    ch-CS/1972/} )
10.Bf4 
    ( 10.Re1 Nc7 11.Ra3 Nf6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Rb3 Rb8 14.a5 Nce8 15.Ra3 Nc7 16.
    Rb3 Nce8 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxa5 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Bg4 Qd8 21.Qe2 $44 {
    Soppe,G-Mart n del Campo,R/Mendoza u-26 tt/1985/} )
10...Nc7 11.Qd2 Rb8 $5 $146 {Black probably rightly decides it's not worth
a tempo to avoid the exchage of Bg7, as the B on h6 would dangerously 
threaten his K anyway.} 
    ( 11...Re8 12.Bh6 Bh8 13.Ng5 f6 14.Nf3 Nf8 15.h4 Bg7 16.a5 Bg4 17.Na4 
    Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Rb8 21.Nf4 b5 22.axb6 Nxb6 23.b3 
    Qd7 24.Rfe1 Nxa4 25.Rxa4 $14 {[+](), ><a6Eingorn,V-Torre,E/Saint John 
    op-1/1988/} )
12.Bh6 Nf6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rab1 
    ( 14.a5 $5 $14 )
14...Bg4 15.b4 
    ( 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 Rxb6 {/\Rb4<=>} )
15...Bxf3 
    ( 15...cxb4 16.Rxb4 Nd7 $5 $13 {/\Nc5} )
16.Bxf3 cxb4 17.Rxb4 b5 $6 {><c6 Weakens the c6-square. Black should have 
occupied c5 first and left the possible b5 or e5 for a later moment.} 
    ( 17...Nd7 $5 $132 )
18.Ne2 $1 e5 
    ( 18...bxa4 $142 19.Nd4 $5 
        ( 19.Rxa4 Qd7 20.Ra5 e5 21.dxe6 Qxe6 $10 )
    19...Qd7 20.Nc6 Rxb4 21.Qxb4 e6 22.c4 $36 )
    ( 18...a5 19.Rbb1 b4 20.Nd4 {/\Nc6, c3|^} )
19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 
    ( 20...bxa4 $2 21.Nc6 )
    ( 20...Qd7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rfb1 $16 )
21.Rxd4 {/\e5} 21...Qe7 $8 22.Rxd6 $16 Nxe4 
    ( 22...bxa4 23.Qd4 $5 
        ( 23.Rxa6 a3 $5 $14 )
    23...Rb5 
        ( 23...a3 24.e5 $40 )
    24.Rxa6 $16 )
23.Qd4+ Nf6 24.Rxa6 bxa4 
    ( 24...Rfd8 25.Qa1 $16 )
25.Qxa4 Rfc8 26.Rc6 
    ( 26.Ra7 $5 Qc5 27.Qa2 Rc7 28.Rxc7 Qxc7 29.c4 $16 )
26...Rxc6 27.Qxc6 Qe5 28.Qc4 
    ( 28.g3 $142 $16 )
28...Rd8 29.Qb4 {White loses a lot of time with his Q and it becomes 
increasingly difficult for him to advance his extra pawn.} 
    ( 29.g3 Rd2 30.Rd1 $14 )
29...Rc8 30.Qd2 $6 
    ( 30.c4 g5 $5 $14 )
30...Rc3 31.Bd1 Ne4 $44 {><c2,Bd1 Now Black has build a fortress and with 
his very active pieces is no longer in danger.} 32.Qd8 
    ( 32.Re1 Qxh2+ $1 33.Kxh2 Nxd2 $15 )
32...Rc6 33.Re1 $4 {#} 
    ( 33.Qd3 Rc3 34.Qe2 Qd4 $44 )
    ( 33.Qh4 Nc3 34.Bf3 Rd6 $44 
        ( 34...Ne2+ $6 35.Bxe2 Qxe2 36.Qd4+ Kg8 37.c3 $14 )
    )
33...Rd6 $1 $19 34.Qh4 
    ( 34.Qb8 Nc3 
        ( 34...Qa1 $5 $19 {Giese} )
        ( 34...Ng3 $4 35.Qb4 $18 )
    )
    ( 34.Qc7 {Giese} 34...Ng3 $1 
        ( 34...Rxd1 $4 35.Qxe5+ $18 )
        ( 34...Qa1 $19 )
    35.Be2 
        ( 35.Rxe5 Rxd1+ $19 )
    35...Nxe2+ 36.Kf1 Qxh2 37.Kxe2 
        ( 37.Qxd6 Qxd6 38.Kxe2 $19 )
    37...Re6+ $19 )
34...Nc3 $1 
    ( 34...Nc3 35.Rf1 
        ( 35.Rxe5 Rxd1+ )
        ( 35.Be2 {Giese} 35...Qxe2 $19 )
    35...Nxd1 $19 )
    ( 34...Ng3 $4 {Giese} 35.Qb4 $1 $18 )
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