[Event "12th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1996.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail ROEK"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido PAID"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bf4 c6 10.Rc1 
    ( 10.Qb3 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Re8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.Bc1 
    Qc7 16.f4 $36 {1-0 Vescovi,G-De Dovitiis,A/op, Mar del Plata ARG (2) 
    1996 (30)} )
10...Nbd7 11.Qa4 {[/\12.Rfd1,13.Ne5]} 11...Nh5 $5 12.Be3 
    ( 12.Rfd1 Nxf4 13.gxf4 Bd6 14.e3 Re8 $13 )
12...Bd6 
    ( 12...f5 13.Ne5 $14 )
13.Bg5 f6 
    ( 13...Qe8 14.Rfe1 {(/\15.e4)} )
14.Bd2 f5 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.e3 Ndf6 17.Bf4 $1 $14 {[><e5]} 17...Nxf4 18.exf4 
Rf7 19.Ne5 Re7 20.b4 Rc8 
    ( 20...b5 21.Qb3 a5 22.a3 $14 )
21.Rfd1 
    ( 21.Qxa7 $2 Ra8 22.Qxb6 Ra6 $19 )
21...g6 22.Qb3 Kg7 23.Rc2 Rec7 {[/\24...c5]} 24.Na4 Qe7 25.a3 Ba6 $5 26.
Nc3 
    ( 26.Rdc1 Bc4 $1 $13 )
26...Bb7 27.Re2 Qf8 28.Rde1 $6 
    ( 28.Nf3 $5 h6 29.Ne5 $36 {(/\30.Qb1, 31.h3,32.g4)} )
28...Ba6 29.Re3 Bb7 30.Nf3 h6 31.Ne5 Ba6 32.Qb1 Rd8 33.h3 $6 
    ( 33.Rd1 $5 {(><d4,/\34.h3)} )
33...c5 $5 34.bxc5 $6 $138 
    ( 34.dxc5 bxc5 35.Nxd5 Nxd5 36.Bxd5 cxb4 37.Nc6 $1 Rxc6 
        ( 37...Rdc8 38.Nd4 $16 )
    38.Bxc6 bxa3 39.Re6 $36 )
34...bxc5 $13 35.Nf3 Bc4 36.Qd1 Ne4 37.Bf1 $6 Bxf1 38.Kxf1 Be7 $5 {
[/\39...Bf6]} 39.dxc5 Bxc5 40.Nxd5 $5 Bxe3 
    ( 40...Kh7 $1 41.Rxe4 fxe4 42.Ne5 
        ( 42.Rxe4 Rcd7 43.Re5 Qf7 $19 )
    42...Qd6 $19 )
41.Qa1+ Kh7 42.Nxc7 Qc5 $2 
    ( 42...Bxf2 $1 43.Ne6 Qe7 44.Nxd8 Bxe1 45.Qxe1 Qxd8 46.Qe3 Qd1+ 
        ( 46...Nxg3+ 47.Kg2 Ne4 48.Qxa7+ $10 )
    47.Ne1 $10 )
    ( 42...Qc5 {#} )
43.Ne6 $1 
    ( 43.Rxe3 Qc2 $5 
        ( 43...Qxc7 )
    44.Rxe4 Rd1+ $17 )
43...Qc4+ 44.Kg2 Qxe6 45.Rxe3 $16 Qc6 
    ( 45...Qd5 $142 )
46.Qb2 a5 47.Rb3 a4 48.Ne5 $1 
    ( 48.Rb7+ Rd7 49.Rb8 Rg7 $16 )
48...Qe6 
    ( 48...axb3 49.Nxc6 Rd2 50.Qxb3 Rxf2+ 51.Kg1 Rf1+ 52.Kxf1 Nd2+ 53.Ke2 
    Nxb3 54.a4 $18 )
49.Rb7+ Kg8 50.Nc6 $1 
    ( 50.Nc6 Rd7 51.Rb8+ Kf7 52.Qh8 Qxc6 53.Rf8+ Ke7 54.Qg7+ Kd6 55.Qe5# )
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