[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir EMBE"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor BESH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D24"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V/Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6 {
Ftacnik: Ein sehr populärer Zug in der modernen Praxis, Schwarz will den 
Pc4 unterstützen.} 
    ( 8...Bb4 9.Qc2 $14 )
9.Be3 $5 
    ( 9.bxa6 Rxa6 10.Rxa6 Nxa6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Be7 13.Be3 
        ( 13.Na4 Qd5 14.Ne1 Qc6 $1 15.Nxb6 cxb6 16.Bf3 Qd7 17.b3 cxb3 18.
        Qxb3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Nb4 20.Ba3 Nd5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Qa4+ Qd7 23.Qa8+ 
        Qd8 24.Qc6+ Qd7 25.Qa8+ {1/2-1/2 van Wely,L-Miles,A/ Matanzas 1995
        } )
    13...O-O 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Qc6 17.Qf3 Qxc4 18.Qxb7 Rb8 
    19.Qf3 Rxb2 20.Ne4 Qd3 21.h3 h6 22.Qg4 h5 23.Qf3 Nb4 {1/2-1/ 2 
    Sulava,N-Estrada Nieto,J/ Candas op 1996 (28)} )
    ( 9.Ng5 {Ftacnik} 9...h6 10.Nge4 
        ( 10.Qh5 $2 g6 $17 
            ( 10...hxg5 $2 11.Qxh8 Qxd4 12.Be2 Qxe5 13.O-O $44 axb5 14.
            Rxa8 Nxa8 15.f4 $1 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.Ne4 Qd4 19.
            Ng5 Nf6 20.Bf3 $1 Nb6 21.Bxc7 Qc5 22.Bxb6 Qxg5 23.Bd4 $1 {1-0 
            Kramnik,V-Miles,A/ London PCA-Intel GP 1995 (40)} )
        11.Qh3 $140 Qxd4 12.Nf3 Qd8 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rd1 N8d7 15.Ne4 Bxg5 16.
        Nfxg5 axb5 17.Nh7 $1 Rxh7 18.Nf6+ Nxf6 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.exf6 Nd5 
        $17 )
    10...Bb7 11.Qg4 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxb5 Qd7 14.Nbc3 Nc6 15.Be3 Nb4 
    16.Be2 Nc2+ 17.Kf1 Nd5 18.Bc1 Nxd4 19.Bxc4 Nb6 20.Ba2 Nf5 21.h4 Be7 
    22.Kg1 Qd4 $1 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Grabarczyk,M/ POL-ch 1996 (40)} )
    ( 9.Bg5 Be7 
        ( 9...Qd7 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.Rxa6 Nxa6 12.Be2 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7 14.O-O g5
        15.Bg3 Be7 16.b3 g4 17.Ne1 c5 18.bxc4 cxd4 19.Nb5 h5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 
        21.exd6 Qc6 22.Qxd4 Rg8 23.Qf6 Nc8 24.Bh4 Qxd6 25.c5 {1-0 
        Krallmann, M-Juergeleit,A/ NRW-II 9596/ 1996} )
    10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.bxa6 Rxa6 12.Rxa6 Bxa6 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Nc6 15.Qb1 
    Rd8 16.Rd1 Bb7 17.Ne4 h6 $10 {Tukmakov, V-Miles,A/ Biel (rapid) 1995} 
    )
    ( 9.Qc2 Bb7 $13 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxb5 O-O 14.Rd1
    Na6 15.Nc3 Nb4 16.Qb1 Qd7 17.Ne4 Qa4 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nexg5 Qc2 20.Qxc2 
    Nxc2 21.Rc1 Nb4 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.Nxc4 {Kramnik, V-Miles,A/ London 
    PCA-Intel GP 1995/ 1/2-1/2 (66)} )
    ( 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O 
        ( 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.Rxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Be7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nd2 c5 
            ( 14...Qd7 $10 {Ftacnik} )
        15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.Bxd4 Nb4 19.Bb6 Rc8 20.
        Be2 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.f4 Kf8 23.Ra1 Nd5 {Van Wely,L-Miles,A/ 
        London PCA-Intel GP 1995/ 0-1 (55)} )
    10...axb5 
        ( 10...Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.bxa6 Rxa6 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.b3 cxb3 15.Qxb3 
        Ra3 16.Qb1 Nb4 17.Nb5 Ra2 18.Rfe1 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Ba6 20.Rb2 Bxb5 21.
        Rxb4 Bxb4 22.Ng5 Re8 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Ne4 {Landa, K-Sulava,N/ 
        Oberwart op 1996/ 1-0 (45)} )
    11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nxb5 Be7 
        ( 12...Qd7 13.Na3 Bd5 14.Qc2 Bxa3 15.bxa3 Nc6 16.Rd1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 
        Nxd4 18.Qe4 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Qa4 20.Rd4 O-O 21.h3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 
        Nielsen,PH-Kumaran,D/ Copenhagen KS 1996 (34)} )
    13.b3 cxb3 14.Qxb3 O-O 15.Ba3 Nc6 16.Rc1 Nd5 17.g3 Qd7 18.Bxe7 Ncxe7 
    19.Ng5 Rb8 20.Qd3 Ng6 21.Rc5 {0-1 Rasmussen,P-Pedersen,D/ DEN-ch qual 
    1996 (39)} )
9...Bb4 $6 
    ( 9...Bb7 $1 $10 )
    ( 9...Be7 $2 10.Nd2 axb5 11.Rxa8 Nxa8 12.Nxb5 $16 {Chernin,A-Miles,A/ 
    Biel (rapid) 1995} )
10.Nd2 axb5 $6 
    ( 10...Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 11.bxc3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Nxa8 13.Nxc4 bxc4 14.Qa4+ 
    Bd7 15.Qxa8 $16 )
    ( 10...Bb7 $5 {Ftacnik} )
11.Rxa8 Nxa8 12.Qg4 Kf8 
    ( 12...O-O {Ftacnik} 13.Bh6 g6 14.Bxf8 $16 )
13.Nxb5 Nb6 14.Nc3 {Ftacnik: Die Schwäche von Pc4 ist unangenehmer als der
exponierte Pd4.} 14...Nc6 15.Be2 $14 
    ( 15.Nxc4 Nd5 16.Bd2 Nde7 $44 
        ( 16...f5 $1 {Ftacnik} 17.exf6 Nxf6 )
    )
15...h5 16.Qe4 
    ( 16.Qf4 $6 Nd5 $10 )
16...Bb7 17.O-O g6 18.Bf3 
    ( 18.Rd1 Nd5 $10 19.Qc2 $2 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qg5 $17 )
18...Kg7 19.Qf4 Be7 
    ( 19...Na5 {Ftacnik} 20.Nde4 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.e6 $40 )
20.Rd1 Ba8 $4 
    ( 20...Nd5 $8 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Qf3 Nb4 23.Nxc4 $4 
        ( 23.b3 Bc8 24.h3 $13 )
    23...Bc8 $17 )
21.d5 $1 $16 {Ftacnik Important moment, white breaks through on the 
strongest square in black's possesion! Ftacnik Ein wichtiger Moment, Weiss
bricht auf dem stärksten Feld von Schwarz durch!} 21...g5 
    ( 21...Nxd5 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Nxc4 $16 
        ( 23.Nxc4 {Ftacnik} 23...Nb4 24.e6 $40 )
    )
    ( 21...exd5 {Ftacnik} 22.Bxb6 cxb6 23.Bxd5 Rf8 24.Nxc4 $18 )
22.Qg3 h4 23.Qg4 
    ( 23.Qh3 $142 )
23...Nxe5 24.Bd4 Bf6 
    ( 24...f6 {Ftacnik} 25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.dxe6 $18 )
25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.dxe6 f5 
    ( 26...Bxc3 $142 27.bxc3 
        ( 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Nxg5 f5 29.Qxf5 Bf6 30.Nf7 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Re8 32.Re1
        Qxf7 $17 )
    27...Bxf3 28.Qxf3 Qf6 $14 
        ( 28...Qe7 {Ftacnik} 29.Ne4 fxe6 30.Qg4 Kg6 31.Re1 e5 32.Nd2 Rf8 
        33.Nf3 Rf4 34.Rxe5 Rxg4 35.Rxe7 $16 )
    )
27.Qxf5 Qf6 28.Qh3 
    ( 28.Qxf6+ {Ftacnik} 28...Bxf6 
        ( 28...Kxf6 29.Bg4 $16 )
    29.h3 $16 )
28...Bxc3 29.bxc3 Qxc3 30.Qf5 Qf6 31.Qc5 $1 Kh6 
    ( 31...Rc8 {Ftacnik} 32.Bxa8 Nxa8 33.Ne4 $18 )
32.Qxc7 $18 {Ftacnik Despite exchange of many pieces black's king remains 
dangerously exposed. Ftacnik Trotz des Abtausches vieler Figuren bleibt 
der schwarze König gefährlich exponiert.} 32...Nd5 
    ( 32...Qxe6 33.Ne4 Nd5 34.Qxc4 g4 
        ( 34...Rc8 35.Nxg5 Kxg5 36.Bxd5 $18 )
        ( 34...Rd8 {Ftacnik} 35.Nc5 $16 )
    35.Qc1+ $18 )
33.Qxc4 Nf4 34.Ne4 Bxe4 35.Qxe4 Re8 
    ( 35...Qxe6 36.Qxe6+ Nxe6 37.Rd6 Re8 38.Bg4 $18 )
    ( 35...Nxe6 {Ftacnik} 36.Rd6 Re8 
        ( 36...Qa1+ 37.Bd1 )
    37.h3 $18 )
36.Bg4 Nxe6 37.Qc6 
    ( 37.Rd6 Qa1+ 38.Bd1 Kg7 39.Rd7+ )
37...Qg6 
    ( 37...Re7 38.Re1 $18 )
38.Bf5 Qxf5 
    ( 38...Qf7 {Ftacnik} 39.Re1 $18 )
39.Qxe8 {Hecht #_|_ Kleinkunst: Pattwitz wird mit Generalabtausch 
gekontert} 39...g4 40.Re1 Ng5 41.Qh8+ Nh7 
    ( 41...Kg6 {Ftacnik} 42.Qxh4 $18 )
42.Qe5 Qg6 43.Qf4+ Kh5 44.h3 gxh3 45.Re5+ Ng5 46.gxh3 Qf6 47.Qg4+ 
    ( 47.Qxf6 $4 {-stalemate })
47...Kg6 48.Rxg5+ Qxg5 49.f4 
    ( 49.f4 {Ftacnik} 49...Qxg4+ 50.hxg4 $18 )
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