[Event "12th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Bratislava SVK"]
[Date "1996.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Black "Cobb, James CRDF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.
Bg5 Bg7 10.e3 O-O 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Ne5 13.Bc2 h6 14.Bh4 Rb8 15.Nd2 b5 
16.axb5 axb5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 bxc4 19.Qc1 Qb7 20.Qd2 Ne8 21.Ra2 f5 22.e4 
fxe4 23.Bxe4 Bd4+ 24.Bf2 Qg7 25.Rd1 Bxf2+ 26.Qxf2 Nf6 27.Bf3 Bf5 28.Be2 
Rb4 29.g4 Bc2 30.Rc1 Bd3 31.Qf3 Nd7 32.Rf1 Qd4+ 33.Rf2 Ne5 34.Qg3 Bxe2 35.
fxe5 Rb3 $138 1-0

