[Event "12th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1996.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Engqvist, Thomas ROCK"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert NLIB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 {Tsesarsky} 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.
d5 exd5 8.Nh4 {Polugajevskij's important innovation.} 8...Re8 $6 
    ( 8...Ne4 $6 9.cxd5 Bxh4 10.Bxe4 Bf6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Rd1 Na6 13.Nc3 Nc5 
    14.Bg2 Re8 {Gheorghiu-Unzicker/Wijk aan Zee/1981} 15.Bf4 $1 $16 )
    ( 8...Ne8 $6 9.Nf5 Nd6 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.cxd5 c5 12.Nc3 Na6 13.Bf4 $16 
    {Barlov-Ivanovic, Jugoslavija (ch) 1984} )
    ( 8...c5 9.cxd5 d6 10.Nf5 Re8 11.Nc3 
        ( 11.Nxe7+ $5 $14 {Chandler} )
    11...Bf8 12.e4 $14 {Chandler-Hess, Wiesbaden 1981 - 32/611} )
    ( 8...c6 $1 9.cxd5 Nxd5 $13 
        ( 9...Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.Nc3 
            ( 11.e4 {Engqvist Hansen,LB} 11...d5 12.Re1 dxe4 
                ( 12...Ne6 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Qg4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qf6
                17.Ba3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Rab1 Bc6 21.Nxd5 
                $16 {Sosonko,G-Tivjakov,S/Polanica Zdroj/1995/} )
            13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Nc3 Bc8 15.Bxe4 $5 Nd5 $2 
                ( 15...Bxf5 $142 16.Qxf5 g6 $13 {Barlov })
            16.Bh6 $1 g6 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Bxd5 Bxf5 19.Qb4+ Be7 20.Qb3 $1 
            cxd5 21.Nxd5 Be6 22.Rxe6 $1 fxe6 23.Qf3+ Ke8 24.Nxe7 {
            1-0/Barlov-Abramovic,B/Jugoslavija/1994/} )
        11...Ne6 
            ( 11...d5 {Engqvist is the main variation.} 12.e4 {Hansen,LB} 
            12...Bf6 
                ( 12...Nba6 13.Re1 dxe4 14.Bxe4 
                    ( 14.Qg4 $5 )
                14...Bf6 15.Nd6 Bxc3 $1 16.Nxb7 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Be5 18.Bxc6 
                $13 {Romanishin,O-Orlov,G/Beograd/1988/ })
            13.Bf4 
                ( 13.Re1 Bc8 14.Qf3 Be6 15.g4 Nd7 16.Qg3 $13 {
                Romanishin,O-Epishin,V/Beograd/1988/} )
            13...Nd7 
                ( 13...Nba6 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.Bxc7 Qxc7 16.exd5 Rad8 17.b4 $1 
                Na6 18.d6 Qd7 19.Bh3 Kh8 20.Ne4 $16 {
                Adrian,C-Rozentalis,E/Mondorf op/1991/} )
            14.Re1 d4 $5 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Ne6 17.Qd2 $14 {
            Zaitshik,G-Polovodin,I/URS ch/ 1981/} )
        12.e4 
            ( 12.Nd6 {Engqvist} 12...Ba6 
                ( 12...Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Qc7 14.Rd1 $14 {Koc-Judasin, SSSR 1981
                } )
            13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rd1 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 Re8 17.Be3 Nc7 18.
            a4 $14 {Romanisin-Savon, Lvov 1981} )
        12...d6 $146 
            ( 12...Na6 {Engqvist} 13.f4 f6 14.h4 Nac7 15.Be3 d6 16.Qg4 Qe8
            17.a4 Kh8 18.h5 Qf7 19.Nh4 Rfd8 20.a5 c5 21.Ng6+ $1 Kg8 22.f5 
            Nf8 23.e5 $1 Bxg2 24.e6 Qe8 25.Kxg2 $16 {Kasparov-Nikitin and 
            Shakarov, Baku (training-session game) 1981} )
        13.f4 Nd7 14.Be3 
            ( 14.Nxd6 $6 {Engqvist} 14...Ba6 15.Re1 Ndc5 $132 )
        14...Nf6 15.Rf2 {/\ Rd2 >< d6} 15...d5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 
        18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Salov,V-Adams,M/Madrid (07) ;CBM 53 
        1996 (55)} )
        ( 9...cxd5 {Engqvist} 10.Nc3 Na6 11.Nf5 Nc7 12.Bf4 $14 )
    )
9.cxd5 {/\ 10.d6+-} 
    ( 9.Nf5 c6 )
9...d6 
    ( 9...Bc5 10.Nc3 c6 {1/2 von Gleich-Vieten Tyskland 1990} )
10.Nf5 
    ( 10.Nc3 c5 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.e4 Na6 13.Bf4 Nc7 14.a4 a6 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.
    Rfe1 Bc8 17.Nxd6 Bxd6 18.e5 Na8 19.exd6 Bd7 20.Bf3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.
    h4 $16 {1-0 Bernard, N-Remont,L/Huy op (05) ;EXT 92op 1992 (38)} )
10...Bf8 11.Nc3 $16 Nbd7 12.Qd4 $5 
    ( 12.Bg5 {Wajih-Sharma/Calcutta/1992 1-0 25.} )
    ( 12.Bg5 Re5 13.e4 h6 14.f4 hxg5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Re1 Nd3 
    18.Bf1 Nxb2 19.Qd4 c5 20.dxc6 d5 21.Nxd5 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 $16 {1-0 
    Wajih,N-Sharma,SK/Calcutta (01) ;EXP 27 1992 (25)} )
12...h6 $1 {/\ 13...Kh7, 14...g6} 
    ( 12...g6 $2 13.Nh6+ Kg7 
        ( 13...Bxh6 14.Bxh6 $16 )
    14.g4 Ne5 15.g5 $18 )
    ( 12...Re5 $2 13.e4 Nxd5 
        ( 13...Bxd5 14.f4 Rxf5 15.exf5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 $18 )
    14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.f4 Rxf5 16.exf5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 $18 )
13.g4 $6 
    ( 13.e4 $5 $16 )
13...Nh7 
    ( 13...Kh7 14.g5 )
14.Qf4 Bc8 
    ( 14...Ne5 15.Qg3 Nf6 $6 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Nh5 18.Qh4 Nf6 19.Nh6+ $16
    )
15.h3 Ne5 16.Nd4 a6 17.Qg3 Ng6 
    ( 17...Be7 18.f4 Bh4 
        ( 18...Ng6 19.e4 $14 )
    19.Qh2 Nc4 20.e4 Bf6 21.Nc6 Qd7 22.Qg3 $14 )
18.Be4 $5 Qh4 
    ( 18...Qf6 $5 )
19.Kh2 
    ( 19.Kg2 Nf6 20.Bf5 Bb7 )
19...Qxg3+ 
    ( 19...Qf6 )
20.Kxg3 Ne7 21.Bg2 Bd7 
    ( 21...Nf6 $5 22.f4 Bb7 23.e4 c5 24.Nb3 
        ( 24.dxc6 $2 Nxc6 25.e5 Nxd4 26.Bxb7 Ra7 27.exf6 Rxb7 28.Rd1 
            ( 28.Nd5 $10 )
        28...Nc2 29.Rb1 gxf6 $10 )
    24...Ng6 25.a4 $14 )
22.Be3 Rac8 23.Rac1 g6 24.Kh2 Bg7 25.Rfd1 Nf6 
    ( 25...f5 $5 )
    ( 25...f5 $5 26.gxf5 Nxf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Bd4 $14 )
26.Bf3 Nh7 27.Nc2 Ra8 
    ( 27...f5 $5 )
28.Bd4 Ng5 29.Bg2 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 $16 
    ( 30.Rxd4 $5 )
30...Kg7 31.Ne4 
    ( 31.f4 $1 Nh7 32.e4 g5 $6 33.e5 $1 dxe5 
        ( 33...gxf4 34.e6 $16 )
    34.fxe5 Rad8 35.e6 fxe6 36.dxe6 Bc8 37.Nf5+ Nxf5 38.gxf5 Nf6 
        ( 38...Kf6 39.Nd5+ Kxf5 40.Rxc7 $18 )
    39.Rxd8 Rxd8 40.Ne4 $16 )
31...Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Ra7 {><Ra7} 33.Rc3 Rc8 {><Rc8} 34.Rdc1 Kf6 $138 35.f4 
$138 Kg7 
    ( 35...g5 36.e3 $14 )
36.Bf3 Rb7 
    ( 36...f5 $5 )
    ( 36...f5 37.e4 fxe4 38.Bxe4 Kf6 39.Kg3 {()} )
37.Re3 $138 
    ( 37.Ne6+ Bxe6 
        ( 37...fxe6 $2 38.dxe6 Bc6 39.Bxc6 Nxc6 40.Rxc6 $18 )
    38.dxe6 Ra7 )
    ( 37.Kg3 )
37...Kf8 38.Kg3 Ra7 39.Rec3 Kg7 40.e4 
    ( 40.h4 g5 41.fxg5 hxg5 42.h5 Ng8 43.e4 Nh6 
        ( 43...Nf6 44.Nf5+ Bxf5 45.exf5 Nd7 46.Rc6 Nc5 47.b4 
            ( 47.Rc3 a5 48.b3 Re8 49.a3 Re7 
                ( 49...Re1 50.b4 axb4 51.axb4 Na6 52.Ra3 $18 )
            50.b4 axb4 51.axb4 Na4 52.Ra3 $14 )
        47...Nd3 48.Rb1 Ne5 49.Rc3 $14 )
    44.Nc6 Rb7 45.Be2 b5 46.b4 $16 )
40...g5 41.Nf5+ 
    ( 41.h4 gxf4+ 42.Kxf4 Ng6+ 43.Kg3 Ne5 $132 )
41...Nxf5+ 
    ( 41...Bxf5 42.gxf5 f6 43.Be2 {/\ 44.Ra3} )
42.gxf5 Kf6 43.R1c2 
    ( 43.Be2 )
43...Bb5 
    ( 43...gxf4+ $5 )
44.Be2 Bd7 
    ( 44...Bxe2 $5 45.Rxe2 )
45.Kf3 a5 46.Rc1 b5 47.R3c2 a4 48.Bd3 Rb7 49.Ke3 Be8 
    ( 49...Re8 50.Kd4 )
50.fxg5+ Kxg5 
    ( 50...hxg5 51.Rg2 
        ( 51.h4 gxh4 52.Kf4 Bd7 53.Rh2 Rh8 54.Rch1 Rbb8 55.Rxh4 Rxh4+ 56.
        Rxh4 Rg8 $10 )
    51...Bd7 52.Rcg1 Rh8 $10 )
51.Rg2+ Kf6 52.Rg8 
    ( 52.Kd4 $5 )
    ( 52.Kf4 $5 )
52...c5 $2 
    ( 52...Rbb8 $8 53.Rcg1 $140 Bd7 54.R8g7 Rh8 )
    ( 52...Bd7 $2 53.Rxc8 
        ( 53.Rcg1 Rbb8 )
    53...Bxc8 54.Rg1 
        ( 54.Kf4 $14 )
    54...Bd7 55.Rg8 )
53.dxc6 Rxc6 54.Rcg1 
    ( 54.e5+ $2 dxe5 $8 )
54...Rc8 
    ( 54...Bd7 55.e5+ $1 $18 )
    ( 54...Rb8 55.Rxe8 Rxe8 56.Bxb5 $18 )
55.Rh8 Bd7 56.Rxh6+ Ke7 57.f6+ Kd8 
    ( 57...Ke6 58.Be2 d5 59.exd5+ $18 )
58.Rh8+ Kc7 59.Rc1+ Kb8 60.Rcxc8+ Bxc8 61.h4 {o^} 61...a3 62.bxa3 Ra7 63.
h5 Rxa3 64.h6 Rxa2 65.h7 
    ( 65.e5 $18 )
    ( 65.Be2 $18 )
    ( 65.h7 Rh2 66.e5 dxe5 67.Rg8 $18 
        ( 67.Bf5 $18 )
    )
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