[Event "11th ECC final"]
[Site "Ljubljana SLO"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir MROS"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir YRVN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Annotator "Chekhov"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.a3 e5 11.h3 Bc7 12.Ba2 h6 13.Bd2 $5 {N/} 
    ( 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Nf5 Qf8 15.Ne2 
        ( 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.Bd2 a5 17.Nc3 Nb6 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Bxe6
        Rxe6 21.Bc1 Qc5 $10 {Korotylev,A-Akopian,V/St-Peterburg/1994/0,5/ 
        31/} )
    15...Nb6 16.dxe5 Rxe5 17.Neg3 Be6 18.b4 Bxa2 19.Rxa2 g6 20.Nd4 Ree8 
    21.Nde2 h5 22.Rd1 Rad8 $10 {
    Epishin,V-Akopian,V/Novosibirsk/1993/0,5/37/} )
13...a5 14.Nh4 
    ( 14.Rad1 $5 e4 15.Nh4 Qd6 16.f4 exf3 17.Nxf3 $13 )
14...Re8 15.Nf5 Qf8 16.Rae1 Nb6 17.dxe5 Rxe5 18.Nd4 Rc5 $5 
    ( 18...Re8 19.e4 Qd6 20.Nf3 $16 )
    ( 18...Qd6 19.f4 Re8 20.Ncb5 $18 )
19.f4 $6 
    ( 19.e4 $6 Nc4 20.Bc1 Be5 $22 21.Nf3 Nxa3 $1 )
    ( 19.b4 $5 )
19...Nc4 20.Bc1 b5 $1 21.b4 
    ( 21.Nb3 Rh5 $13 )
    ( 21.e4 Nxa3 $5 22.bxa3 b4 $36 )
21...axb4 22.axb4 Rh5 23.Nxc6 Bd7 24.Bxc4 
    ( 24.Nd4 Qxb4 25.Ncxb5 Bxb5 26.Nxb5 Rxa2 27.Qxa2 Rxb5 $17 )
24...bxc4 25.Nd4 $6 
    ( 25.b5 $5 Qc5 $36 
        ( 25...Bxc6 26.bxc6 Qc5 )
    )
25...Qxb4 26.e4 Bb6 27.Be3 Ra3 $17 28.Rc1 Ba4 $1 29.Nxa4 
    ( 29.Qd2 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Qxd2 31.Bxd2 Bxd4+ 32.Kh1 Bb5 33.Nd6 Ba6 34.Nxc4
    Ra2 35.Rfd1 Rc5 36.Ne5 Rxd2 $19 )
29...Rxe3 30.Qxc4 Qxc4 31.Rxc4 Ba7 32.Rd1 
    ( 32.e5 Rd3 33.exf6 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Bxd4+ 35.Kh1 Ra5 $19 )
32...Nxe4 $19 33.Kh2 
    ( 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Rc7 Ra5 $19 )
33...Nf2 34.Rb1 
    ( 34.Rd2 Ng4+ 35.Kg1 Re1# )
34...Nxh3 $1 35.Rb5 $2 
    ( 35.gxh3 Rexh3+ 
        ( 35...Rhxh3+ 36.Kg2 Reg3+ 37.Kf2 Rg4 $19 )
    36.Kg2 Rh2+ 37.Kf3 f5 38.Nxf5 Rxf5 $19 )
35...Nf2+ 
    ( 35...Nf2+ 36.Rxh5 Ng4+ 37.Kg1 Re1# )
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